the buzz log
"Transformers 2," Iran Protests, Fisher Cat: What's the Buzz
By Claudine Zap
Wed, June 24, 2009, 10:35 am PDT
Our top picks from the day's hottest searches.
- "Transformers 2" reviews (Searches increased by 340%). The blog Gawker called the sequel "Loud, obnoxious, and loud."
- Appalachian trail (+273%). The South Carolina governor who went AWOL for a few days had traveled to Argentina. He was not hiking the Appalachian trail as his staff had originally said.
- Iran protests (+263%). Despite mounting protests over the disputed election results, the Supreme Leader said Iran will not yield to pressure.
- NYC Prep (+240%). The first episode of the reality show about young rich teens finally aired.
- Fisher cat (+222%). A weasel-like animal attacked a six-year-old boy.
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what's the buzz?
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.
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