Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson's Web site was the most visited of the presidential candidates for the week ending Sept. 8, reports Hitwise. Fred08.com received 34% of U.S.
visits.
| Rank | Candidate | Domain | Market Share %
|
|
1 | Fred Thompson
| www.fred08.com | 34.73% |
| 2 | Barack Obama
| www.barackobama.com | 13.49% |
| 3 | Ron
Paul
| www.ronpaul2008.com | 12.88% |
| 4 | Hillary Clinton
| www.hillaryclinton.com | 10.38% |
| 5 | John Edwards
| www.johnedwards.com | 6.52% |
Note - the Hitwise data is based on a custom category of Web sites for only those presidential candidates that have
officially announced their candidacy ranked by U.S. market share of visits, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet
users. Hitwise ranks more than 1 million unique Web sites on a daily basis, including sub-domains of larger Web sites. Hitwise categorizes Web sites into industries on the basis of subject matter and
content, as well as market orientation and competitive context.
Source: Hitwise