Obama’s social web gamble, the critically received social network my.BarackObama.com appears to have been a success. According to the Chicago Tribune, over than 4,000 politically inclined have created blogs on the network, and an additional 3,000 have formed private fund-raising pages. Just over the past week, there have been a 35% increase in groups formation over the social networking site.
In addition to the seemingly successful social networking launch, Obama’s broader web strategy is working well too.
In an Alexa survey of presidential candidate web presence, Obama has emerged as the front runner, leading both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.
techPresident has more. 
Originally posted on February 19, 2007 @ 2:43 pm