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Searches for 'federico macheda' increased 55-fold in a week

April 16, 2009

2 of the top 3 fastest moving search terms in the social networking category for the w/e 11/04/09 were related to the 17-year old Italian Manchester United footballer, Federico Macheda: (#1 'federico macheda' and #3 'macheda'). After his recent winning goals in his games against Aston Villa on 05/04/09 and Sunderland on 11/04/09, the footballer has caused quite the stir in the media and people are looking to learn more about Man Utd's new star player. Wikipedia, Manchester United, and YouTube were the top 3 sites receiving traffic from searches for the young footballer last week, together just under 50% of traffic.

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Posted at 04:00 PM
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