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Obama, Thompson top Internet ratings
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | December 5, 2007 | Gregory Roberts

Posted on 12/05/2007 5:06:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Barack Obama was the most sought-after Democratic presidential candidate in 2007, while Fred Thompson finished first among the Republican contenders -- at least, in terms of whose name was entered most often in the Ask.com search engine.

No significance was attached to Ask.com's summary, released Wednesday.

Obama finished first overall, with fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton second. Thompson came in third, well ahead of the other GOP contenders.

Here's the complete list:

1. Barack Obama

2. Hillary Clinton

3. Fred Thompson

4. John Edwards

5. Mitt Romney

6. John McCain

7. Ron Paul

8. Rudy Giuliani

9. Mike Huckabee

10. Dennis Kucinich


TOPICS: Illinois; Tennessee; Campaign News; Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackhusseinobama; barackobama; democratparty; democrats; election; electionpresident; elections; fred; fredthompson; gop; internet; newmedia; obama; republicans; searchengines; thompson; topten; websites
I thought Fred was dead and finished?
1 posted on 12/05/2007 5:06:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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I thought Fred was dead and finished?

Of course he is! All those people were just looking for the obituary, that's all.

2 posted on 12/05/2007 7:49:56 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Odd, isn’t it, that his numbers sank, yet his web traffic keeps on climbing.


3 posted on 12/05/2007 8:36:32 PM PST by papasmurf (Now I lay me down to sleep, and Pray for the RINO's huge defeat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Very interesting.


4 posted on 12/05/2007 11:52:51 PM PST by ellery (I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
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I thought Fred was dead and finished?

I wonder how google.com ranks them. Ask.com used to be askjeeves.com.


5 posted on 12/06/2007 12:32:51 AM PST by napscoordinator
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who uses ask.com?

this is a better indicator:
http://tinyurl.com/2zd228


6 posted on 12/09/2007 9:05:01 PM PST by NCMarc
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