If negative advertising turns you off, but if you really would like people to know the facts that make a candidate look bad, Daily Kos<\/a> has a plan for you. The highly influential progressive blog has launched a scheme called \u201cGrassroots SEO.\u201d<\/a> It\u2019s billed as a way to use the power of internet search engines to increase political activism.<\/p>\n Noting that, as the November 2010 election approaches, conventional Democratic playbooks focus on efforts to get out the vote [known in inner circles as GOTV], Daily Kos asks its followers to get involved both in traditional and non-traditional ways.<\/p>\n Here at Daily Kos, we are going to engage in very different, but still very important, form of election activism. It\u2019s a type of activism no one else is working on, and it is well-suited to our medium as a blog.<\/p>\n The goal of Grassroots SEO is to get as many undecided voters as possible to read the most damaging news article about the Republican candidate for Congress in their district. It is based on two simple premises:<\/p>\n As a result of this, not only is it possible for us to use our hyperlinks to impact what people find when they search for information on candidates, but we would be foolish not to do so in a way that benefited our preferred candidates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n To get its reader\/bloggers involved, Daily Kos has created a series of search-engine-optimization tips, which it publishes on the blog itself and makes available via email alerts.<\/p>\n\n