the buzz log
An Old Man's Ramblings, by Grumpy Grandpa
- Barbra Streisand (+432%)—Oh, make her stop. This broad might be able to sing, but news that her tour is coming to my town is making my bowels act up.
- Viral Videos (+397%)—I've spent my entire life avoiding viruses, and now people are searching for them on video? You folks are sick, sick, sick.
- Census Bureau (+297%)—What a surprise—the government wants to know all about me. Nothing makes my blood boil like a nosy solicitor asking about my income.
- Bottled Water (+263%)—Maybe I'm just a senile old man, but I thought water was free. Did we lose a war when I was napping?
- Estate Tax (+119%)—Uncle Sam wants to dip into my life savings after I kick the bucket. Over my dead body, Sammy! Oh, wait...
Filed under: Music, Transportation, Grumpy Old Man
Segway Still Rollin'
When the Segway Human Transporter was introduced, its supporters swore that the goofy-looking, yet technologically advanced vehicle would change the world. Yet despite the hype, the self-balancing Segway became more of an expensive oddity than a revolutionary shot heard around the world.
Still, in the five years since it debuted, plenty of people have fallen for (and off) Segways—from presidents, to police departments, to guided tours. And whenever something happens on (or off) a Segway, the Buzz feels the impact.
The latest installment in the saga is speculation about a public stock offering of Segway, Inc. Based on this recent news, searches for "segway" rolled up 750%, transporting the human transporter into the top 2,000 searches. A Segway IPO could be years down the road. But who knows? If Search trends offer any kind of road sign, Segway may have a shot at joining the high rollers on the stock exchange. Here's hoping the thrills outnumber the spills for investors.
Filed under: Transportation, Segway
Transit Strike Cripples NYC
Before the strike hit, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority spiked sharply (+851%) and variations on "mta transit strike" tripled in numbers. Interest in local news coverage boomed, with NY1 News, WNBC, and Fox 5 News all rising into our top 100 movers.
As the strike ground on, searches on "transport workers union" blew off the Buzz chart, and we logged a massive rise in other trains and buses, major hubs, and New York maps. The following topped the list...
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Filed under: Transportation, New York City
top movers
| Rank | Subject | 1-Day Move |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford 400 | Breakout! |
| 2 | Indonesia Ferry | Breakout! |
| 3 | Jordan Chandler | 3481% |
| 4 | Evan Chandler | 2322% |
| 5 | American Music Awards | 1841% |
| 6 | John F. Kennedy | 1529% |
| 7 | Turkey Stuffing Recipes | 1361% |
| 8 | Liam Hemsworth | 1172% |
| 9 | Lou Dobbs | 1142% |
| 10 | Hendrick Motorsports | 888% |
top leaders
| Rank | Subject | Move | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Friday | +340 | 1290 |
| 2 | NFL | +489 | 670 |
| 3 | Jennifer Lopez | +451 | 515 |
| 4 | New Moon | -67 | 250 |
| 5 | American Music Awards | +236 | 249 |
| 6 | UFC | -36 | 239 |
| 7 | Miley Cyrus | +66 | 169 |
| 8 | Hulu | -11 | 154 |
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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