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Tony Blair War Criminal and Gordon Brown Gay?
May 24, 2007
Our Australian office issued a brilliant news release yesterday showing the top search terms that include the top two candidates' names for the upcoming election (John Howard and Kevin Rudd). The results are remarkable, in particular "lies", "jokes" and "children... Continue reading...
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Facebook UK Visitors Among Most Likely to Vote
April 12, 2007
After my post on MySpace UK visitors being least likely to vote, I was pinged by Sam Roake of Conservatives.com who suggested that Facebook users were probably among those most likely to vote. Given our news yesterday about Facebook taking... Continue reading...
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MySpace UK Visitors Among Most Likely Not to Vote
April 10, 2007
I am a political junky and have been intrigued by all of the web 2.0 activity in the run up to the US primaries. David Cameron has WebCameron but should UK prime ministerial hopefuls embark on similar "conversations" through the... Continue reading...
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Car Tax Strikes Nerve. UK Consumer Reaction to Budget 2007
March 27, 2007
Last week, Gordon Brown, presented what is thought to be his final budget. Whatever Gordon Brown wanted consumers to take away from his speech, it seems that the car tax hike is what really struck a nerve. The following Search... Continue reading...
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YouTube, the US Midterm Elections and UK Politics
November 06, 2006
"Half of the top ten most linked to videos online are connected with US politics” pointed out Antony Mayfield on Friday. The impact of blogs was much discussed in the past three US elections. This election, the attention seems to... Continue reading...
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Guido Fawkes - Fair and Balanced
July 11, 2006
In response to John Wards' comment on my last post regarding John Prescott and search behaviour, I am happy to mention Guido Fawkes blog and its growth over the past week. Though I will refrain from taking sides on who... Continue reading...
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John Prescott and What Drives Consumer Search Behaviour
July 11, 2006
A poll in today's Times reveals that 70% of voters think John Prescott should resign. This comes after a series of scandals from titillating reports of affairs to the row over the hospitality from Mr. Anschutz, who is bidding to... Continue reading...
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