My “Science of Search” column on Finding Antonella was posted today here. A quick follow-up for chart fans out there. In the article I talked about how last week, in light of the biggest market drop in five years, concerns over Iran, the sub-prime mortgage rate and other issues, the #1 topical search term driving traffic to news sites was “Antonella Barba.”
Here’s a chart to put Antonella’s search-fame into perspective

A few racy (lets call them PG-13) pics vaults Antonella past the former queen of searches Paris Hilton, past Bald-Britney (but not enough to eclipse unfortunate paparazzi photo Britney) to be one of the most search for personalities in the U.S. last week. This is going to throw a serious wrench into my Idol predictions this year.