10Questions.com had a very successful launch yesterday.
At least 20 of our co-sponsors posted about the launch, generating nearly 5,500 unique visits in the first 24 hours (more than half coming between the hours of 7pm and 10pm!). The average visit time was 2.5 minutes and visitors averaged about 2.5 pages per visit. So far we’ve logged about 5,200 votes from about 1,700 voters, from every state, and the rate of multiple vote attempts is down at just 3% of that.
We also got some strong and positive pick-ups in online media, including Jose Vargas on the WashPost’s Trail blog, Ben Smith’s Politico blog and Danny Glover’s Beltway Blogroll. Smith wrote:
The smart site TechPresident just launched, in cooperation with the New York Times edit board and MSNBC.com, what will be, in a sense, the first real online presidential forum. That is, it’s a presidential forum molded to fit the Internet; not a television show with added webby bells and whistles….It seems like this is the real promise of online politics — a looser, more open forum.
(And he wrote all of this before Politico confirmed that it wanted to be a cosponsor. Now it’s put the 10questions button on the top of its two presidential campaign blogs, by Smith and by Jonathan Martin.) Also, take a look at Susan Crawford’s write-up. She’s a law professor who will be teaching at Yale this spring and a member of the ICANN board. And she really gets what this is all about.
Two groups with large email lists also chimed in. RightMarch sent an email blast to 300,000 members, and Color of Change put the 10Questions button up on their home page.
Here’s the linkage so far:
Afro-Netizen, http://www.afro-netizen.com/2007/10/afro-netizen-pr.html
Air America, http://www.airamerica.com/node/5546
Air Congress, http://www.aircongress.com/2007/10/17/a-blog-inspired-dose-of-democratic-debate/
BlackProf.com, http://www.blackprof.com/archives/2007/10/go_to_10_questions_for_preside.html
Buzzmachine, http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/17/another-debate/
Crooks and Liars, http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/17/10-questions-allows-you-to-choose-what-will-be-asked-of-the-candidates/
E-Democracy.org, http://e-democracy.org/e-debates/
HotAir, http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/17/10-questions-launches-today/
Hugh Hewitt/Patrick Ruffini, http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/faccfa50-8e36-4017-85c1-e98ee933d707
Instapundit, http://instapundit.com/archives2/010584.php
Latino Pundit, http://www.latinopundit.com/2007/10/your-chance-to-ask-presidentia.html
Michelle Malkin, http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/17/introducing-10-questions/
MyDD, http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/10/17/132641/59
Pam’s House Blend, http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3332
Pajamas Media, http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/10/10questions_launches_ask_the_c.php
Racialicious, http://www.racialicious.com/2007/10/17/got-a-burning-question-for-the-presidential-candidates/
Raw Story, http://rawstory.com/news/2007/MSM_online_orgs_team_up_to_1018.html
Smart Mobs, http://www.smartmobs.com/2007/10/17/new-10questions-project-for-you-to-youtube-candidates/
TalkingPointsMemo, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/056231.php
techRepublican, http://techrepublican.com/blog/10questions-com-launches-citizens-smile
Treehugger, http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/ask_10_question.php
The New Homemaker, http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/node/72067
VivirLatino, http://vivirlatino.com/2007/10/17/got-10-questions-for-the-presidential-wannabes.php
Some additional pick-ups of note:
Mashable, http://mashable.com/2007/10/17/10questions/
(jeff)isageek, http://jeffisageek.net/post/16000119