Weekly Internet Rankings

Something we're going to do every week here at weneedtoblog is examine the alexa.com internet ranking of all the major candidates' websites.

Below, they are separated Republican (red) and Democrat (blue) and in order by their US ranking.

Democrats continue to blow Republicans out of the water. Many more visitors to their sites than Republicans overall...many, many more. But within each party, the stats might surprise you...Obama beating Hillary, and Romney beating Giuliani who is beating McCain. Remember the numbers below are their rankings compared to the entire internet (the lower the number, the more visitors).

Candidate____Website____World Rank__US Rank

Mitt Romney	mittromney.com	191,054	19,214
Rudy Giuliani	joinrudy2008.com	217,752	26,335
John McCain	johnmccain.com	413,408	38,599
Duncan Hunter	gohunter08.com	614,563	63,223
Sam Brownback	brownback.com	373,420	71,490
Tom Tancredo	teamtancredo.com	627,931	81,612
Mike Huckabee	explorehuckabee.com	962,358	100,908
Tommy Thompson	tommy2008.com	2,415,902	295,291
Barak Obama	barakobama.com	17,148	1,547
Hillary Clinton	hillaryclinton.com	22,635	2,631
John Edwards	johnedwards.com	47,224	7,780
Dennis Kucinich	kucinich.us	199,971	27,690
Joe Biden	joebiden.com	491, 375	44,371
Bill Richardson	richardsonforpresident.com	433,316	73,287
Tom Vilsack*	tomvilsack08.com	362,818	74,864
Chris Dodd	chrisdodd.com	757,406	99,905
Mike Gravel	gravel2008.us	1,014,896	171, 977

*Tom Vilsack is no longer a presidential candidate

What is perhaps most surprising is when the world ranking doesn't correspond to the US Ranking. Unexplained to us, Bill Richardson had a higher rank in Estonia (39,075) than in the United States (73,287), Tommy Thompson had a higher rank in Australia (179,688) than in this country (295, 291), and Mike Gravel, although barely known to American voters is apparently more popular in both Lithuania (ranked 77, 657) and Australia (140,575).

Next week we'll show you updated stats and the change from this week. Website traffic may not be an accurate way of looking at the overall demographic, but this early in the stage it's a good indicator of momentum, particularly on the grassroots front.