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Buzz Box #3: Celebrity Rehab is Hot; Creepy Baboon Spider Recovery
Vacation is in the rearview which means Buzz Box is back. Rumors about Jenna Bush are in the mix for both Yahoo! and Google's trend trackers...and tales of recovery...of both a scary spider and celebrities with addictions are also hot.
Every Friday afternoon, Buzz Box looks at hot search trends on Google and Yahoo!
Google Trends #5 - Great Jumping Tarantulas!
Google Trends is monitoring the rescue of an Ornate Golden Baboon Spider in NY. I won't post a picture of an OGBS so I can sleep tonight, but these suckers can jump three feet in the air from their hind legs to bite your business.
Yahoo Buzz - Rehab is Hot
The seemingly never-ending storyline of celebrity rehab is hot on Yahoo! with Amy Winehouse's meltdown and subsequent brief 48 hour stay in detox jumping up her search numbers by 167%.
About Google Trends
Google Trends aims to provide insights into broad search patterns. Several approximations are used when computing your results. Please keep this in mind when using it. (Source: Google)
About Yahoo Buzz Index
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week. (Source: Yahoo!)
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