the buzz log

We're not even finished with the first month of 2008, and people are looking to get around those inconvenient resolutions. All we can say is: What took you so long?

Could it be? After the flurry in December for "gym memberships," the interest has now officially waned. Health club lookups such as "curves gym," "gold's gym," "la fitness gym," and "bally's gym" have all declined in the past week.

And while it was popular just two weeks ago, we hear crickets chirping for "hallelujah diet" searches. Nowadays, the popular diet query, especially with ladies aged 45-64, is "the ultimate tea diet." That just makes us hungry.

Those folks on carb-free diets may be yearning for a slice of bread by now. We're noticing a spike in "good carbs" and "what are good carbs and bad carbs" searches in the past few days. Surely it's a good thing to identify the evil carbohydrates, so pass that plate of pasta, and we'll check it out later.

Even though they won't appear until February, those alluring "girl scout cookies" are calling to searchers from the order sheets. Dialups on the delish desserts shot up 493% this week in anticipation of their sugary goodness. Related lookups show that folks are looking to "buy girl scout cookies," and identify "types of girl scout cookies." Get in line. We ordered ours yesterday.