Just over a year ago, I wrote about 76 presidential candidates and how they rank on the web. I gave each one’s campaign site my own “web score”, which was pretty much just their Alexa rank divided by their Google Page Rank. Since then, Alexa has changed their algorithm, but Obama remains the clear web leader. But what about the other candidates? What happened to the campaign sites of those who dropped out long ago? Let’s take a look.

Obviously, I’ll be skipping Obama and McCain, because they’re still in the running. If you want to read about them or their sites, there’s a million people talking about that elsewhere. Instead, I’d like to focus on some of the more notable ex-candidates: Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Joe Biden (yeah… he was running against Obama a year ago), Fred Thompson, and Dennis Kucinich. For each, I’ll show you what their site looks like now, and I’ll add my thoughts where appropriate.

Hillary Clinton

As you probably know by know, Hillary Clinton gave up on her fierce race against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination and is now supporting Obama in his campaign.

Ron Paul

Also still active and up-to-date is Ron Paul’s site.

John Edwards

With some pages missing completely (like Blog / News) and most everything else not updated since January, John’s site is a virtual ghost town where a presidential candidate used to live online. Today there’s just a Thank You message and memories of a failed campaign.

Mitt Romney

Like many, Romney converted his site into a political action committee (PAC) site, dedicated to continuing support for causes he believes in.

Rudy Giuliani

Here’s a guy who has a different way of doing things and continues to prove it. Although his site seems to have been updated to remove the rest of his campaign information, you can still contribute. Well, the form is there, but I’m not sending any money. Feel free to try it yourself and let me know.

Mike Huckabee

Mike transformed his site, like others, to a PAC, “HuckPAC”. While he talks about issues that he feels are important, he jams out on bass guitar and promotes his books.

Joe Biden

Remember when he was running AGAINST Obama? Now Joe is Barack’s running mate and very possibly our next Vice President. I guess if you can’t beat ‘em, run with ‘em.

Fred Thompson

Fred has been running around with John McCain, supporting his campaign, but his site is all about FredPAC.

Dennis Kucinich

Finally, my favorite transformation has been Dennis Kucinich’s site’s move from presidential campaign launch pad to whatever this is.