CNN is saying Obama is the most searched on the Internet...?!

[mconder]

CNN is not reporting Ron Paul is the most searched candidate on the Internet...?! This is a blatant lie!

[kylejack]

I think this is a repost.

[JoshLowry]

Surprise!

Just one more instance of covering him up.

[damijin]

I'm inclined to think a lot of this 'cover up' is genuine ignorance and just poor reporting.

[kylebrotherton]

He is, just barely:

Check it out (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22barack+obama%22&word2=%22ron+paul%22)

[LibertyOrDie]

He is, just barely:

Check it out (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22barack+obama%22&word2=%22ron+paul%22)

Those are Google Results, not who is searched for more.

[jj111]

How do you find who is most searched?

[angrydragon]

He is, just barely:

Check it out (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22barack+obama%22&word2=%22ron+paul%22)

Current numbers are:

"Barack Obama" 2,390,000
"Ron Paul" 2,810,000

LibertyOrDie is right, these are results, not who is searched the most.

Ron Paul did make it on MSN's (number 2) top searches about a month ago.

[jd603]

Right, claiming Barack the winner is one thing, but refusing to even mention Ron Paul when he's at least clearly destroying the GOP competitors is slimey. CNN clearly got word from management to not cover Paul.

[DjLoTi]

He is, just barely

Eventually, Ron will win. Then, the only way they can avoid saying how Ron dominates the internet is to simply not talk about the internet at all. They will not be able to report on the internet at all once Ron completely passes all competition.

[JoshLowry]

He is, just barely:

Check it out (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22barack+obama%22&word2=%22ron+paul%22)

You guys are confusing "Most Searched" with "Number of Search Results"

That's a big difference. :)

[WannaBfree]

Technorati shows the following for most popular searches:

youtube
noelia
iphone
ron paul
music
orkut
myspace
bebo
dailymotion
paris hilton
facebook
transformers
videos
fergie

http://technorati.com/pop/

[kylejack]

I think they may be right... here's a comparison.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22barack+obama%22+%2C+%22ron+paul%22

[kylejack]

Technorati shows the following for most popular searches:

youtube
noelia
iphone
ron paul
music
orkut
myspace
bebo
dailymotion
paris hilton
facebook
transformers
videos
fergie

http://technorati.com/pop/

True, Ron Paul is still winning on blog searches on Technorati.

[JoshLowry]

I think they may be right... here's a comparison.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22barack+obama%22+%2C+%22ron+paul%22


Those results are also a few months old. They are pre March 2007.

I think once google gets to the first debate you will see a very sharp increase similiar to this graph: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=www.ronpaul2008.com

[kylejack]

In fact, Ron Paul seems to be losing to most of the front-runner candidates in Google searches.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22barack+obama%22+%2C+%22ron+paul%22+%2C +%22giuliani%22+%2C+%22romney%22+%2C+%22hillary+cl inton%22+%2C+%22mccain%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2007&sort=0

[kylejack]

Those results are also a few months old. They are before pre March 2007.

I think once google gets to the first debate you will see a very sharp increase similiar to this graph: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=www.ronpaul2008.com

That's an excellent point. Thanks.

[kylejack]

Comparing several candidates in Alexa's tool, I see that Barack Obama passed Ron Paul in Alexa ratings on July first, so who knows, it may indeed be accurate. Ron Paul is a strong second, beyond all the other front-runners.

Edit: Also, RP has a 2389% increase over the past 3 months. Astounding.

[4Horsemen]

Google is about as corrupt as Digg. They're corporate sellouts who took money from the CIA for start up costs.

[jd603]

this cuts off February 2007 it seems... RP got more popular as of the last few months....


I think they may be right... here's a comparison.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22barack+obama%22+%2C+%22ron+paul%22

[jd603]

This only goes to February, it cannot be used.

when I try to request March information I get:

Trend history

Your terms - "barack obama" , "ron paul" - do not have enough search volume to show graphs.



In fact, Ron Paul seems to be losing to most of the front-runner candidates in Google searches.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22barack+obama%22+%2C+%22ron+paul%22+%2C +%22giuliani%22+%2C+%22romney%22+%2C+%22hillary+cl inton%22+%2C+%22mccain%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2007&sort=0

[MsDoodahs]

Google is about as corrupt as Digg. They're corporate sellouts who took money from the CIA for start up costs.

Yep, just this morning I saw something on CNBC about AlGore and how he has a lot of money in Google, and in Apple. He was also on some panel that ended up making sure that Steve Jobs (the Apple guy) didn't get in any trouble for backdating options. Other people at other companies got in lots of trouble for doing the same thing, but ole Stevie boy ... HE was protected.

They're all corrupt; filthy as hell.