With Obama win, Google emerges as a D.C. player

13.11.2008

For now, the Google-Obama relationship is seen as an advantage for both. By working with Google, Obama is "aligned with a leading edge, sexy technology company that is also seen as good" among the netroots or politically active community, said Atkinson.

The connection between Obama and Google was not lost on voters. In a by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, 1,002 people in the U.S. were asked to compare Obama -- and his Republican rival -- to a number of well-known brands. Obama was compared to Google; McCain to AOL.