Time will always bring with it new surprises. A while ago, the mere association with political campaign involved money. It would cost a candidate who was vying for a political seat an arm and a leg if he wanted to have a professional website done for him. This was because it required professional website development firms to get started. This has changed with the advent of WordPress.

Alistair Darling last week presented his economic budget to the country, making headlines and stirring up a big media fuss. With such an event you might expect a quick Google search of terms like ‘budget live’ or ‘Budget 2010′ would find the official Prime Minister’s website www.number10.gov.uk but it doesn’t appear at the top, in fact it doesn’t even appear in the top 50 for either of these phrases, outranked by news articles and critical blogs. For something so important with such big public interest this should be a priority, to avoid critics appearing higher up in the rankings and generating political influence against the government.