Comments on: American Idol: Does Google Know the Winner? http://www.firstbytes.com/2009/05/american-idol-does-google-know-the-winner/ your computer, your life, your skill level, your first resource Fri, 22 May 2009 14:01:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nik http://www.firstbytes.com/2009/05/american-idol-does-google-know-the-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Nik Fri, 22 May 2009 14:01:21 +0000 http://www.firstbytes.com/?p=405#comment-38 David, thanks for the comment. If I had seen this analysis prior to Wednesday's show, I would have been less surprised by the results. David, thanks for the comment. If I had seen this analysis prior to Wednesday’s show, I would have been less surprised by the results.

]]> By: David Carpenter http://www.firstbytes.com/2009/05/american-idol-does-google-know-the-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-30 David Carpenter Fri, 22 May 2009 06:10:05 +0000 http://www.firstbytes.com/?p=405#comment-30 While Dial Idol focused on one measure (busy phone #s) and the Mashable article featured a prediction by 360i using just one other measure (google search data) this blog looked at various social media sites (Twitter, Digg, Facebook), traffic coming into itunes, YouTube referral traffic in addition to search data and seemed to have better results: http://blog.ymarketing.com/bid/17180/Google-Insights-Predicts-Kris-Allen-Will-Become-the-Next-American-Idol-ymarketing Next up, which Auto Maker will fall first: http://blog.ymarketing.com/bid/16914/American-Idle-Is-Detroit-Stuck-In-Park-What-Search-Engine-Data-Tells-Us-ymarketing Intriguing, no? While Dial Idol focused on one measure (busy phone #s) and the Mashable article featured a prediction by 360i using just one other measure (google search data) this blog looked at various social media sites (Twitter, Digg, Facebook), traffic coming into itunes, YouTube referral traffic in addition to search data and seemed to have better results: http://blog.ymarketing.com/bid/17180/Google-Insights-Predicts-Kris-Allen-Will-Become-the-Next-American-Idol-ymarketing

Next up, which Auto Maker will fall first:
http://blog.ymarketing.com/bid/16914/American-Idle-Is-Detroit-Stuck-In-Park-What-Search-Engine-Data-Tells-Us-ymarketing

Intriguing, no?

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