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Searching for a Vice President
July 22, 2008
From our ABCNews Blog: With November looming, we're seeing an increase in Internet searches centering on potential vice presidential candidates for both the Obama and McCain Tickets. Over the last 12 weeks here are some of the top searches in... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 04:05 PM
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Jib Jab - Sense of Humor and Political Party
July 18, 2008
From today's ABCNews Blog Political satire appears to be dominating campaign news this week. With the latest Jib Jab creation Time for Some Campaignin' this week, I thought it would be an opportune time to ask a new red-state, blue-state... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:53 PM
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Florida Primary: What Internet Data Says
January 29, 2008
Let me start by reiterating that an Internet visit does not equal a primary vote. That being said, there is still some very interesting insight to be gained by looking at visits to sites within the Hitwise Lifestyle - Politics... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:19 PM
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Obama and Huckabee Capture New Hampshire Web Visits
January 07, 2008
Last week our very own Heather Hopkins posted this data on the upcoming Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary. By narrowing our data down to the state holding the primary, we can see which candidate's website is the most visited... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 03:32 PM
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Ron Paul for President 2.0
September 14, 2007
This week's Science of Search column at TIME focused on the popularity of Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) online. We've known from past experience that you can't predict elections based on search data (due mostly to the multiple intents behind political... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:03 PM
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Blogs Increasing Influencer in Online Politics
September 22, 2006
Today we issued a press release regarding search and online politics which revealed the top issue related terms driving traffic to our politics category of over 800 sites. Leveraging some of our new charting and clickstream functionality, I decided to... Continue reading...
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