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Searches for “Obama Acorn” Up and Up and Up

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Folks really do want to know more about Obama and ACORN; here’s the Google Trends graph showing search volume for “obama acorn” over the past 30 days: The top Google search results for this term include Foxnews, The National Review, and a mysterious publication called Spero News, which also asks: Whatever else he may be, [...]

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Palin’s Florida Speeches Increasing Interest in “obama ayers”?

Saturday, October 11, 2008

I’ve been noticing an increase in searches both for “obama terrorist” and “obama ayers”: So I decided to take a look at the handy-dandy geographic analyzer for these searches. Here are the top 10 U.S. cities that searched for “obama ayers” in the past 30 days: Denver CO Boston MA Tampa FL Orlando FL Atlanta [...]

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A Curious Day in Google Search: “mccain stroke” and “palin witchcraft”

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Today’s hot trends in Google search are dominated by TV: people are especially interested in the premier of the tv show, The Office. But mingled in among the TV searches are a couple of the most intriguing searches I’ve seen lately: mccain stroke palin witchcraft So, why are people searching for these terms? Is Sarah [...]

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What We’ve All Been Waiting For: “tina fey palin snl”

Sunday, September 14, 2008

I didn’t watch TV last night, but looking at Google Trends this morning, I can tell what was on Saturday Night Live: 2. snl palin 3. saturday night live 4. tina fey as sarah palin And now, after watching the bit on the show (sorry – no embedding because it’s already been yanked from YouTube, [...]

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Why are people searching Google for “palin rape” ?

Saturday, September 13, 2008

A new search that popped up on my radar is “palin rape” and “palin rape kit.” My first thought when I saw this was, “oh no, not another sex-related Palin rumor!” However, the true reason for the search may be even more disturbing than another Palin rumor. What these searchers are actually looking for is [...]

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