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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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Who *else* doesn’t know what Bush Doctrine is?

Thursday, September 11, 2008

The two top trends this evening after the Palin interview with Charlie Gibson aired are “bush doctrine” and “sarah palin interview”: Wondering why these two are the top-searched? Because Sarah Palin gave the impression that she kinda didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is. And why is “bush doctrine” at the top? Because, clearly, none [...]

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Google Searches for Michelle Obama, Jill Biden, and Hillary Clinton Swamped by Hurricane Sarah

Thursday, September 11, 2008

During the democratic convention, I really thought that Jill Biden would be one to watch, and that her search popularity would increase over the coming weeks. I was quite wrong, as the following chart shows. This chart graphs Google searches for Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton over the last 30 days: All three [...]

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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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