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October 30, 2006

Relevance Mic Check

Has the 2006 mid-term election marked the beginning of tech policy relevance on the national political debate?  According to the unscientific (yet fun and graphy!) Google Trends, not so much.  Let's see what's on the minds of Americans...

iraq    "health care"    "net neutrality" 
Iraq












Closer to home, how about...

"net neutrality"    privacy    copyright   
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Not surprisingly, net neutrality was searched most in Washington, DC.  More interestingly, DC also led in privacy related searches, but San Francisco led in copyright searches. More fun after the jump...

Telling...

"net neutrality"    h-1b    "education reform"    "r&d tax credit"   
H1b











This search spread was a bit surprising to someone inundated by YouTube news...

youtube    myspace    facebook   
Ytmy












Then again, everything is relevant...

"global warming"    youtube   
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Posted by The 463: Inside Tech Policy at 10:30 AM in Chatter |

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