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Category Archives: Politics
Vote411 Website Traffic Increases 362%
November 05, 2008
According to Hitwise US, website traffic to Vote411.com increased 362% on 11/03/08, a day prior to the US Presidential Elections. Now you know.
Posted at 02:45 PM
In Categories Politics
McCain.com Gets John McCain Traffic
October 30, 2008
According to Hitwise US, food manufacturer McCain has seen an increase in website visits as a result of internet users seeking out JohnMcCain.com for the week ending 10/25/08. We presume that McCain can withstand the increased traffic better than U Tube, which until recently struggled against throngs of traffic meant for YouTube. Now you know.
Posted at 12:17 PM
In Categories Food & Beverage | Politics
Joe the Plumber Tops Fast Moving Searches
October 23, 2008
According to Hitwise US, ‘joe the plumber’ was the fastest moving search term among all categories for the week ending 10/18/08 versus the previous week. McCain starts his “Joe the Plumber” Florida tour today. Now you know.
Posted at 10:25 AM
In Categories Politics | Search Trends
Palin Tops All Searches
September 02, 2008
According to Hitwise US, Sarah Palin was the top fastest moving search term among all categories for the week ending 08/30/08 versus the previous week. Searches for Palin increased 1313% for that time period. Now you know.
Posted at 05:03 PM
In Categories Politics | Search Trends
Barack Obama Searches Up 35%
March 24, 2008
According to Hitwise US, last week's speech by presidential candidate Barack Obama, dubbed "the race speech", drummed up quite a bit of interest online. Searches for "barack obama" were up 35% and the term "barack obama speech" was the 3rd highest volume term search term with the candidate's name for the four weeks ending 03/22/08. Now you know.
Posted at 10:56 AM
In Categories Politics | Search Trends
Ralph Nader Website Traffic Spike
March 05, 2008
According to Hitwise U.S.,Ralph Nader's decision to enter the presidential race caused his website, www.votenader.org, to jump to #37 among Politics websites last week, based on share of US Internet visits. The independent candidate's website ranked behind John McCain's (#33), Hillary Clinton's (#7) and Barack Obama (#2). Now you know.
Posted at 12:52 PM
In Categories Politics
Barack Obama Fastest Moving Search Term
January 07, 2008
According to Hitwise US, searches for ‘barack obama’ increased 506% and was the fastest moving search term for the week ending 01/05/08 versus the previous week. Barack Obama won the Democratic vote during the Iowa caucus last week. Now you know.
Posted at 12:54 PM
In Categories Politics | Search Trends
Fred Thompson The Most Searched For Republican Candidate
June 07, 2007
According to Hitwise US, searches for Republican presidential candidate “fred thompson” increased 82% comparing the week ending 6/2/07 to 5/26/07, overtaking searches for other candidates “ron paul,” “mitt romney”, "john mccain" and “rudy giuliani”. Now you know.
Posted at 12:34 PM
In Categories Politics | Search Trends