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Inauguration Day Google Search Behavior

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

It’s no surprise that inauguration-related searches are dominating Google’s “Hot Trends” in search on this day, January 20, 2009, the day that Barack Obama took the oath of office for President of the United States of America.
Naturally, I’m seeing searches for terms such as “inauguration website,” “inaugural poem,” and “watch inauguration live online.”
But there are [...]

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Google Searches: Barack Obama vs. Sarah Palin

Sunday, November 9, 2008

It’s been a while since I’ve looked a head-to-head matchup of Google search popularity between our recent presidential contenders. Here is the Google Trends chart comparing searches for “barack obama” and “sarah palin”:
Ever since Governor Palin was chosen as McCain’s vice president, her Google search popularity has been phenomenal - outstripping even Obama for [...]

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Even more searches related to Obama’s birth certificate

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Yesterday, I noticed that the search for “obama birth certificate” has been increasing lately. Today; they are through the roof. I’m seeing the following searches on Google Hot Trends:

obama born in kenya
barack obama birth certificate
obama not a citizen
obama birthplace

Ouch. Today the issue is going to the Hawaii supreme court, as the state [...]

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“Obama Birth Certificate” a search that has been brewing up

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

This is something I’ve seen here and there throughout the last several months: various searches such as “obama birth certificate” and “constitutional crisis,” all relating to the rumor (allegation?) that Barack Obama wasn’t actually born in the US and as such, is not qualified to serve as president.
One of the blogs on the subject says:
here [...]

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Today’s Google Search Trends: Lipstick and Other Diversions

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Today in the New York Times, Barack Obama is quoted as saying:
“We have real problems in this country right now and the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, no diversions, not manipulations.”
Ohhh, Mr. Obama, I beg to differ. The American people seem to have a bottomless appetite for distraction [...]

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