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The Twin Peaks of Debate

This will be a quick post, since there are only 28 minutes to the 2nd Obama-McCain debate. I was curious how the spikes for the two recent debates would look. In my mind, the Biden-Palin debate seemed more highly anticipated and watched. However, the Google search trends for the word “debate” tell a different story: [...]

The Day After: Google Searches Related to the Palin vs. Biden Debate

Some of the hot Google searches relating to the Palin-Biden debate today are pretty funny: sarah palin debate flow chart palin wink vp debate transcript biden lies vice presidential debate transcript you betcha palin biden debate transcript I love the “wink” and “you betcha” searches. Craving a little more of that Sarah Palin wink? You [...]

Comparing Google Searches: “debate” vs. “pizza”

My friend Rabbit was worried. It was Friday night, the night of the first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, and he wanted pizza. But…. would the pizza place even pick up the phone? Would they be so swamped with debate night orders that they would scoff at his request? Or would they have [...]