Legistalker: What Happens In DC Doesn’t Have To Stay In DC
Jul 1, 2009 at 12:19pm ET by Matt McGee
As a nation, the US seems to be more interested in politics than we've been in a long time. Voter turnout in last year's presidential election was 61%, the first time it passed 60% in 40 years. When President Obama was inaugurated in January, Google reported spikes in search activity. Yahoo said that inaugural search trends were the result of "a large, internet-savvy constituency who demand more from the internet than they did four years ago."
But now that the election and inauguration are distant memories, how do we search today for news about the important decisions being made in Washingt [...]
Filed in: Features: General, Search Engines: Government Search Engines
Google Election Maps Gallery Offers Data For Journalists, Political Junkies
Jun 19, 2008 at 10:03am ET by Greg Sterling
Google has been visualizing US primary election data and, in anticipation of the US presidential election, has now created a Google Maps Elections Gallery. There is a wide range of data here, from election results, to Twitter Tweets and search query volumes for each candidate. All the maps can also be embedded.
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Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Search Engines: Government Search Engines
Super Tuesday, Internet Style: How We’re Using The Web In The 2008 Elections
Feb 5, 2008 at 7:07pm ET by Vanessa Fox
Today is Super Tuesday, which means that voters in 24 states are carefully reviewing their candidate research and doing last minute thoughtful analysis in preparation for voting in the primaries. Well, maybe that's hopeful optimism, but in any case, the place these voters are turning to for information is increasingly the internet. Makes sense, as after all, the internet continues to play a larger role in how we get information generally.
And in the case of politics, this turn to digital is in some ways bringing back the roots of American politics -- when communities got together and discus [...]
Filed in: SEO: General, Search & Society: General, Search Engines: Government Search Engines
Visualize Earthquake Data In Google Earth
Jan 30, 2008 at 10:24am ET by Greg Sterling
The US Geological Survey and Google are now making global earthquake data available in Google Earth as one of the layers under "Places of Interest."
According to the USGS:
USGS and Google signed an agreement to publish historic earthquake data from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) catalog as a "built-in" layer, accessible directly from the Google Earth viewer . . . The new layer includes historic earthquakes since 1900, and USGS real-time earthquakes are now accessible as a hyperlink from within Google Earth. If the layer is checked, users will see a sprinkling of dots across the [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth, Search Engines: Government Search Engines
YouTube Readies For “Super Tuesday” With Mapping Site
Jan 24, 2008 at 9:39am ET by Greg Sterling
Google has been plotting election results from the US presidential primaries on maps. Those maps have included candidate and news videos. But now for "Super Tuesday" (February 5), Google is doing something somewhat more ambitious over at YouTube -- call it "Super Tubesday."
The site will offer geotagged political videos from candidates, users, and various news outlets. The Google LatLong Blog explains:
Anyone -- from candidates and voters to members of media -- can upload videos to YouTube and geotag them so they can be tracked and viewed on a Google Map that resides in the Super Tuesday ch [...]
Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Google: YouTube & Video, Search Engines: Government Search Engines, Search Engines: Video Search Engines
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