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Britney Spears and Wrestling More Popular on the Web Than Obama
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by Erik Larson | December 2, 2008 at 12:22 am
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Obama beat McCain in both electoral and popular votes, but loses the popularity contest for the public's attention on the World Wide Web. The revolution will be webcast; but people will watching Britney's buns on youtube instead.
On your way down to the link below to check out Britney and Obama wrestling for the best spot on the Web, check this out, too- Posse Comitatus Violation: Pentagon plans to station 20,000 troops in US for 'domestic security'
Of the billions of searches carried out on the portal, Yahoo.com, over the last year, Mr Obama was third behind Spears and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Mr Obama was, however, the most searched-for politician during 2008.
The subjects of the most sought-after news stories were hurricanes, Caylee and Casey Anthony, and election 2008.
"Every day, people turn to the web to learn more about the world around them," said Yahoo's Web Life editor, Heather Cabot.
"Their searches reveal which news events, personalities and issues made an impact in 2008. This year people were captivated by the historic US presidential election and Olympic triumphs."
[Britney Spears] was number one last year for all the wrong reasons, and this year for all the right reasons
Vera Chan
Senior Editor of Yahoo Buzz"They also closely followed every facet of the economic downturn and enjoyed a little escapism by devouring celebrity gossip and delving into online video games" she added.
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at 03:41 on December 2nd, 2008
I can understand why "World Wrestling Entertainment" was popular. Because its pure entertainment week after week. But why freaking Britney Spears...
If you visit my blog, you would notice that I cover WWE PPV's with so much interest, because I love this sport
God..... save the Americans who enjoy this celeb (BS)
at 09:46 on December 2nd, 2008
Amazing - although Britney Spears did some pretty crazy things this year, it doesn't really surprise me that she was #1. But it is a bit disappointing that the public interest in pop princess meltdowns and world wrestling smackdowns is so intense.
at 09:50 on December 2nd, 2008
Pretty interesting, I've actually written a paper for school on the topic of politicians today and the web 2.0 world, I definitely see the future heading towards that direction. It's incredible how infotainment is so big in our society today. Anyways great story!
at 14:46 on December 2nd, 2008
thanks guys- Britney's boobs are now crowd-powering political education- this will probably do more to raise the level of political discourse than any dumbed-down, corporate-approved boob-tube programming.
Over 1.5 million views now:
The Crying Britney fan Chris Crocker - Leave Britney Alone !