Oh, I think you'll find google can be quite biased =]

Good luck! And I'm not just saying that 'cause I'm in the cabinet. ;)

Oh, don't forget to include an mp3 of yourself saying "I'm Dan James, and I approve this message" on any campgain-related posts.

Now that I have endorsed you I believe the issue of "increased funding for the arts in the form of money going directly to me" needs to be addressed.

It looks like the Internet Public Library is the President of the Internet now.

Looks like u lost the primary .. time to drop out.

Dan, I'd love to support you in your bid to remain President of the Internet. However, before I back you, I need to know where you stand on some of the tough issues.
For instance, what is your opinion of spam? Are you for it or against it? What sort of economic plan do you propose to help feed the RSS? Should William Hung be brought back to American Idol?
Before I can pin your button to my blog (7 hits in the last hour alone. At least that's the final statistic that the referrer told me after I kept checking back at my blog every ten minutes in the hour, so you know I have considerable sway and influence over those who read me), I need to know more about your philosophy of and plans for the internet.
Also, will you verify or deny this rumour which I am starting right now? The rumour being: there is evidence that you were off-line for one full year during your stint in the National Guard.

I put a button on my <a href=http://www.cowboyphysics.com>two</a> <a href=http://www.unhappyclowns.com>sites</a>. They're not cool (lame) blogs or anything, but people actually go to one of them.

Brad Pineau, sorry, you must be using a different google than I ;-). As of 12:42 AM I am still #1, thus still the president. If the Internet Public Library outsted me for a few hours I hoped they used their new found power wisely (like declare war on the phone network).

Brad Sucks, because of your good music and witty charm you most certainly deserve some money out of the public purse. You can have the distinction of being the official musician of this adminstration. We will need catchy jingles and a heart wrenching ballad for the climax of our documentary (if one is ever so filmed). I'll also pay you for a CD.

Rob, I will be releasing my position and policies later this week. Here's a sneek peak. Spam: It sucks but is the downside of an open system. I plan to put a tax on AOL users to help feed the RSS. William Hung should be brought back solely because of his name (I don't watch American Idol). I can also neither confirm nor deny your rumor.

Frank, thanks for your support!

As Dan's Minister of Homeland Security, I am proposing not only a full-scale multi-billion dollar war on spam terrorism, but top of the line spam protection for every net citizen. We believe Bill Gates is harboring weapons of mass distribution!

I'm seeing "Internet Public Library: POTUS" as the #1 result on google too. Oh well - look at the bright side: you can now go on a speaking tour and rake in $20,000/night and get a plum job at a "think tank".

I want to search for "Dan James" on google and have "The President of the Internet" as the first result.

You're the #1 result again for me when I search. I smell an election tampering scandal - ala Florida 2002.

Can we please clarify so there is no later dispute. Is the search for "President of the Internet" in quotations or just on its own?

If you put the text "President of the Internet" in your link/badge, your rankings will improve greatly! You need more than just the graphic. Good luck!

I'm sorry, but I simply can't endorse Dan James as President of the Internet. The source code of this page doesn't validate. In fact, it throws 55 errors, among which are: divs nested inside paragraph tags, missing closing paragraph tags, and several hyperlinks with un-encoded ampersands. To be fair, just over 40 of the errors are after line 65 (where comments start). However, with 14 remaining errors that could only have been committed by President James, I submit to the citizens of our fine Internet that he is not qualified to be President.

It should be noted that two of the errors are unclosed image tags on the menu. Since the images in question are President James' presidential campaign button and the new "Get Firefox" button, the blunders must have been committed recently -- in fact, during his term in office!

Without further ado, I motion that President Dan James be impeached, and, if evidence warrants, removed from office, unless this page (or at least everything above line 65) validates within a short period from the time I post this comment.

Cheers!

Well, let's be franc. Tell me how much did you pay google ? ;)

Well, if you're the president of the internet, then I'm the second hottest woman on the planet.

Dan,
This race is heating up. A lot of the folks on the LastStory.com forum board are emailing me with questions on the campaign. I have found 2 others that are running for the position as well.
I'll keep you updated.
Also: Google just added 1 billion pages to their search engines. This knocked all of my listings out. One day I am #2, now I am #1002 or something. Is Google accurate?
--Nova

On second thought, Mr. Nova doesn't even specify a doctype on his website. Dan James has much better standards-compliance than the other candidates. I know what it's like to keep a website up to code, and it's no walk in the park.

http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/random_acts_of_validation.php

Randy Walker (a recently nominated candidate) has a standards-compliant page in XHTML 1.1. As impressive as that may be, he's accomplished that using someone else's template for Wordpress, so I can't endorse him as a candidate either. He gets props for good behavior, though.

At any rate, my comments above were quite tongue-in-cheek (I hope everyone realized that). Good luck, Dan.

I should have my site fully online soon. I have been damn busy writing scripts and columns (plus banging out my Friends With Benefits.) I promise to enter the race with full force soon.
I have many exciting things planned, including an advertising campaign that will hit Los Angeles, Orlando and Washington DC in March.
Check out http://www.silentdevil.com for more details as well.
--Nova

Mr President could you do something to prevent bear attacks on the internet? WONT SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

http://shitbags.co.uk/presidentoftheinternet

The candidates have been summoned to a debate. Check out Last Story for more details.

That is silly. No one is the president of the internet, and you arent either. What are you going to do as president? make the internet better? I doubt that.

Hi Dan,

I came across your site when i ran a search on my own name on Google. Yup, funnily enough i have the same name. So it was very enjoyable for me to see my name on a cool little campaign button lol.

I guess that would make me Vice president by default lol. That's all i wanted to say as i enjoyed seeing that.

Good luck with being the president.

You got my vote.

Dan.

Mr. James,

It would appear that your rightful claim to this office is in question! A search for "President of the Internet" (sans the quotes) does, indeed, support your position.

However, "President +of +the Internet" in fact shows Mr. Pineau to hold this distinguished seat.

What do you have to say for yourself?

Lucas, we must be using different googles. I'm #1 for all of the above.

I just want a link to my site.

Ha-Ha-Ha!!!
You know there is a joke: Two cowboys ride across the prarie. They see another one in distance. "Who is it?"- asks one. "This is Joe-nobody-can-catch". "Why?" "Nobody needs him!"
Good luck in the real world!

Seems to me that this page is showing up first in google and yahoo, somebody is doing something right.

As the reigning Golf King of New Mexico I would like to know how your administration will recognize and protect the sovereign fiefdoms of the Internet. Will you appoint a Secretary of the Interior to manage issues related to small kingdoms?

President of the Internet? That it completely retarded. You don't have my vote.

Can I be the Finance Manager and Tax Collector. I would only charge a 3 percent handling fee. LOL

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I would like to apply to be the minister of propaganda

As real president of the Internet, I would like to use this googlebombed space for my shameless plug: nigritude ultramarine.

Hulk is President of the Internet.
Hulk appreciate efforts of Puny Human Dan James.
Hulk will make you VP! ;-)

Hulk SMASH nigritude ultramarine Google Bombs ...

The Nigritude Online Virus Has Reached Over 150,000 Sites

see http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/5/prweb127254.htm

I found one of the virus sites

I enjoy how this page gets used as a free link playground for people...

I challenge your presidency, I've climbed to the top 100 in 2 weeks, gimmie a couple months and I should have you beat out.

president of the internet

Har! :P

Hi. Can I spam? <A href=http://nigritude-ultramarine-blog.blogspot.com/>Nigritude Ultramarine</A>

the only reason that you are coming up first as president of the internet is because you are the only one wasting time on their website talking about it.

I am slowly but surely making my way to the top.
I'm up to 12th, so it wont be long until I'm in the hot seat.

You all are in for something special. Your Novanator has been very VERY busy.

Good site, link swap ?

Kill The Presidents!

I nomianate my self as Minister of Information.

"Dan James is the President of the Internet. Period. All other people are imposters and frauds and should be killed for imitating him."

"I'm Dan James, and I approve this message."

Patrick, I don't have an assassination policy as of yet. Thanks for your keen support though. I was hoping my minister of information could spell, but hey, you take what you can get :-).

I nominate myself Minister of Linkwhoring. I solumly swear to post comments (w/ links to my site, of course) in all the top-ranked linkwhoring blogs on Google.

PS: Jesus saves.

Forgot to mention. griefers dot net. Thank you for this forum for my free post-modern expression.

I'm Kevin Ford, just a minor politician, if I can be the top term for "Kevin Ford" with my url http://ford.cx/ I'd be a happy man.

That's pretty cool, vote calculated! Like the MP3

I support Dan James as President of the Internet.

I don't support linkwhoring. Or do I?

Damn corruption.

Hulk not like either Puny Human candidate.
So Hulk enter Presidential Race.
Hulk currently SMASHING Bush and Kerry.

Hulk says vote for him.
See tally's and cast ballots at:
http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/halloween_webcam

Vote Calculated, yes sir Mr. President!

Apparently you're still president.

We need a benevolent dictator, democracy has apparently ceased working since Athens lost to Sparta. Enough smartassing, buy a house in Spain and live a good life: www.iberdomus.com

Hi,

It was not a real big surprise to see this page show up on the net with a search. The surprise is the maturity of this idea or rather the immaturity of it.

I am going to be brief with this reply because I feel that my time will be better suited with developing this idea on my web page.

The following should suffice to explain enough for now and here:

Peter Thiel,
I have an idea. Please hear me out.
I am going to change this web page [linked to my web page] to read â??Vote for Truthâ? and possibly: â??Elect the next president of the Internetâ?.
Can you see the potential for removing the dominance of oppressive government influence?
In the opening page the idea is to explain to the average citizen living on the network that power is now possible in combining like minded people who abhor aggressive oppressive violent governments. That means to gain that power is not violence. The means to gain that power is communication.
I see no reason to cash in on this idea myself; however I do see the vital importance of pushing this steam roller along in its infant stages.
Example:
Dear citizens of the internet,
It is my true and honest wish to overthrow every form of violent oppressive government on the planet and help move the human race to a less destructive and more productive enterprise. This is now a real and present possibility because we â??the peopleâ?? have the means to accomplish this task peacefully. That means is communication. Our weapon for peace and prosperity is the internet. The new â??orderâ?? is already in place and working on a large scale and I feel no need to get in a big hurry to ruin it with this bid for â??Internet Presidentâ??; however there will be efforts made by other people whoâ??s objective is not peace and so this â??start upâ?? is meant as a warning.
We need to be very careful â?“ always. There is much hope because it is our fortune to finally have the tools to combat falsehood and violence.
Please first consider the meaning of the words covert and overt. Now apply this concept to the present forms of government. If the idea is to know the truth concerning any typical governmental action is it possible to get a straight answer from a politician? Are most present forms of government overt or covert?
Imagine what form an overt government would take and it doesnâ??t require a genius to figure out that communication is necessary. Each and every citizen has a vote in an overt government and each and every citizen can communicate with each and every other citizen to ask, please, if their vote could be confirmed.
The first order of business for the new internet government is to elect a president and then direct his or her actions. If elected my first proposal is to generate funds for and implement a â??stupidâ?? network. The idea is to make the power of the new internet government smaller and the end points or the internet citizenâ??s power greater.
A vote for this idea must include a monetary token sent to an encrypted account. This idea must include a means by which your vote can remain anonymous if you so desire and if your desire is such then your vote can also be published on the account including your contact number. Once the votes and monetary investment reaches a critical mass then this capital will be directed toward further construction of the â??stupidâ?? network.
Why is the â??stupidâ?? network a good idea?
Consider please that the current freedom found on the internet is precious and powerful as this liberty empowers many at the loss of the power held by a few. The internet is a means to empower the many only as it remains free. Imagine the consequences of a hostile take-over where a few individuals manage to monopolize internet access and required from everyone else a fee and license and perhaps exclusion.
A vote for the â??stupidâ?? internet is a vote to keep the internet free from oppressive coercive government forces. These votes must include a monetary token of support. Economies of scale are such that a miniscule monetary token of 1 penny for each vote will amount to a whole lot of capital investment if the idea is good, true, and worth investment.
The idea is to keep the internet free, to bring access to many, and to increase the internets efficiency by making it â??stupidâ?? and therefore honest.
Thanks for your time. If you can possibly offer some feedback please donâ??t hesitate.
Joe
P.S. This looks good enough to print.

Hi all you free citizens of the internet and Mr. President.

Here is a free market device:
http://www.skype.com/

Have fun.

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Mr. President:

I have two proposals.

A. Offensive

1. Create a global mutual bank

B. Defensive

1. Back up the net
I will begin work on investigating these possibilities and write up what information I have gathered so far and post recommendations on my web page. Please consider reading up on Mutual Banking as described by W.B. Greene
http://tmh.floonet.net/tmhframe.html
or
http://www.the-portal.org/mutual_banking.htm

Have fun!

I tried to post the following once.

I'll try one more time.

No big deal; Mr. President

The supply of information or knowledge concerning the precarious nature of human existence exceeds the demand by a margin that equates to the present level of prosperity. In other words; when the s**t hits the fan the demand for knowledge increases in direct proportion to the level of misery and then the margin moves. We want to know how to crawl out of our holes and this knowledge becomes precious. Meanwhile, as prosperity is maintained, our cares are liberated. We are not concerned with much more than the pursuit of happiness.

Isnâ??t life wonderful?

Apparently not for some and it may be valuable in the future to have a source of information and a means to protect the ability to pursue happiness should, just in case, the current level of prosperity be covered in doo doo.

Ignorance is our luxury now. We can afford to be stupid about how and why our prosperity exists. We can rely upon those who claim credit for this current level of liberty. We cannot afford this same ignorance if those â??leadersâ?? fail. In fact we cannot be so careless as to assume that they tell the truth when so much evidence supports the opposite conclusion.

I submit to you, the honest people of our planet, that it is you alone who create and maintain prosperity and that no one can ever take that ability away from you without your willing consent. You are far too numerous and powerful to be swayed by a simple confidence scheme. Yes it is simple; as easy to see as the nose on your face.

Trust in yourself and your fellow man in the ability and capacity to do good things is like kryptonite to those who rule us.

Build that trust and we will never, ever, fail again.

If we do fail and the large load of crap does, once again, emerge from the orifice of officialdom - it is our fortune to have the means to communicate knowledge quickly. Preserve this capacity and preserve liberty. Can you see?

We salute you!

if you have time...

yeah, whoever wins this. Just keep in mind. you are a nerd. :)

haha its already working in google and the word is out so many incoming links per day. let the fun begin!

"President" is so 20th century. How about just setting the internet up as a giant neural network processor and filling it with Benevolent Omnipotence? Oh yeah, isn't that what Ken Kutaragi is up to?

Interweb = Freedom

Well, I don't receive nearly enough traffic to be considered in the running, but I do really enjoy power!

Do you need a cabinet member somewhere? I promise not to abuse my power.
Perhaps I can be your representative at the UN?
I promise... no parking tickets in your name.

Dan... I guess I will give you my vote for President of the Internet as long as you keep freedom of speech on the net free for all. Go for it!

How did you get ranked #1 for President of the Internet? Very cool!

This is the first interesting blog I have ever seen. I'm not power hungry, I just want to be in the cabinet. I don't know what the right to bear arms on the internet would relate to, but I want to be in charge! I also support bandwidth throttling on any connections to microsoft machines, since we all know that no one on a win-box is making good use of their time online!

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Meow!

I'd just like to congratulate Dan James on the great job he's been doing. He's got my full support until he does something stupid like invading a closed intranet to bring freedom to all the poor, firewalled users.

You have my full support Dan.
I'm voting for Dan James this year, shouldn't you?

This is a great shtick. It is not like the President does anything anyway.

Dear Mr President,

I know you are a very busy man running the internet, but I was wondering what your policy is on search engine directory submission service scams? I was ripped of US$30 by some corporate fat cats in Virginia(www.searchenginerankingservice.com) who promised the world and delivered nothing. You can hear the whole story at www.vacantmagazine.com/11103.htm or perhaps you could just have one of your aides read it.

I asked them for my money back but they just laughed in my face as if to say:

"You are but just one man, we are too powerful to stop..."

So then I though I would approach you, Mr President. I campaign for you, and I look to you for guidance. What should I do?

Ben,
Sadly our world is full of these snake oil salesmen. Luckily you can fight back. I would make a blog post/magazine post about the company as you have. BUT I would put the name of their company in the title so that when someone searches for them they will see and hopefully take your story into consideration... This won't bring back your $30.00 but it may save someone else. Ask not what the Internet can do for you, ask what you can do for the Internet.

Thankyou Mr President. You truly are a leader who takes care of his constituants.

There certainly are some interesting lobby groups operating from the office of the president. If it's that easy, I don't want to miss an opportnity to ride on the president's coat tails. If I screw up this link i'm a bloody idiot, but I feel compelled to remind anybody that might have investments in Australia that they should really know about <a href="http://www.taxationaccounting.com.au/" alt="capital gains tax">capital gains tax</a>.

I question how you arrived at the idea that the lead search result is in fact the president. Wouldn't this be equivalent to saying whomever has the most money to run an election is automatically the winner?

Vote for me for the REAL President of the Internet.

Devin - you do realize your theoretical candidate with the most money does almost always win right?