Recently, I saw a Facebook status update that said, “Arielle Reich is www.danmalloy.com”. It got my curious and I went to look at www.danmalloy.com. It redirected to a Wordpress blog which is described as “a forum for discussing progressive solutions for Connecticut's future.” The most recent post on the blog was written by Arielle. There is no ‘Paid for by…” line at the bottom of the pages and the contributors are people who are contributing posts, instead of money. The lists includes former members of Mayor Malloy’s campaign staff, as well as union and elected officials. It isn’t a campaign site, right now, but it is a wise move. Get people in the habit of coming to your site. Build the traffic. The problem, however, is that since it redirects to a Wordpress site, it doesn’t really do anything to boost traffic rankings in Google or other systems.

So, I thought I would look to see what other possible candidates for elections after 2008 might be doing. www.nedlamont.com remains an active site. There is a recent post about Ned’s trip to the Middle East. It retains a high Google Page Rank rating, but is only getting minimal traffic.

George Jepsen, who has been making the rounds of notable Democratic events still has his domain, which was originally registered in 1999. However, it is due to expire later this month. The domain does not currently point at an active server. I’ve spoken with George and the domain isn’t going to expire and he’s thinking about what his website should have going forward.

At first glance, it appeared that Dick Blumenthal hadn’t registered a domain. DickBlumenthal.com is currently available. Dick had better grab it soon, before someone else does. However, www.richardblumenthal.com is registered. The registration was updated last month but the website is listed as ‘Coming Soon.”

Susan Bysiewicz, who, like Dick and George is a regular at Democratic events, has not grabbed the site SusanBysiewicz.com That might be because too few people know how to spell her last name.

John DeStefano’s domain is still registered. It expires February 2008. Like many of the other sites, it is ‘Under Construction’.

Also on the list is Audrey Blondin. Her website, www.AudreyBlondin.com still points to her 2006 Secretary of State run. Audrey is clearly interested in the Secretary of State position if Susan decides to run for another office, and keeping the old site as is, is probably a good move.

Mayor Malloy and Ned Lamont are being smart in keeping alive their presences online. Will other potential candidates do the same? It will be interesting to see.