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Category Archives: Television
Spice v. Cheetah: Dancing with the Stars Analysis
October 29, 2007
It's that time of year again, Dancing with the Stars (Season 5) is in full swing, which means it's time to take a look at the latest search term data to gauge contestant popularity and viewer mindset. The first chart... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:31 PM
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Jordin Sparks - An American Idol Post Mortem
May 28, 2007
As I wrote in last week's TIME column, predicting American Idol results based on search term data is not an easy feat, really more art than science. Last week based on search terms for the week ending 5/19/07, Blake Lewis... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:51 PM
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Blake Lewis Leading in Search Terms
May 22, 2007
For those of you waiting for our American Idol prediction, you can find it here in my Science of Search column for TIME. Our prediciton was also quoted in USAToday (see sidebar) alongside the read from Yahoo! Buzz Index. I'm... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:23 PM
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American Idol - Game On!
March 21, 2007
We're down to eleven contestants and its game-on for our analysis of contestant search volume. The chart below shows search volume for the top eight contestants for the week ending 3/17/07 (Gina Glocksen, Jordin Sparks and Stephanie Edwards didn't make... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:12 PM
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Strictly Come Dancing - Hitwise Data Right Again!
January 16, 2007
You may remember that in May 06, we used Hitwise search term volume data to predict that Taylor Hicks would win American Idol Season 5. After sweating it out, watching the finale on my living room couch (I was quoted... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 03:21 PM
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The Mystery of the Golden Spruce
July 21, 2006
Serendipity is a key component of my workday, I often set-out on an idea for a blog post, but upon surfing through our database of Internet usage often get derailed on to a completely different angle. Such was the case... Continue reading...
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