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Jessica Ennis wins Gold for Olympics athlete searches

August 7th, 2012
Posted in James Murray

Tweet After this weekend’s stunning “super Saturday” of Olympic triumphs searches for the stars of the Games went through the roof. Team GB’s three Gold medals for heptathlete Jessica Ennis, long jumper Greg Rutherford and distance runner Mo Farah caused huge spikes in online searches. Although Farah and Rutherford both saw over 10-fold increases in [...][ READ MORE ]

Londoners 25% more interested in the Olympics than average Brit

July 31st, 2012
Posted in James Murray

Tweet The Olympics are finally here – and with Danny Boyle’s Opening Ceremony kicking off the “the greatest show on earth” last Friday online interest in the Olympics has reached fever pitch. In the last week (w/e 28 July 2012) Olympics searches have quadrupled in the UK, with 1 in every 50 searches online containing [...][ READ MORE ]