It was a weird year. And not just that a Canadian tops the streaming charts, the Raptors were the most searched term, or that the world’s biggest porn site reports Grandma watches for
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For the 19th year in a row, Google has published a summary of what Canadians looked for online (on Google, natch; it’s not like too many people use Bing, right?) Here are the
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If you’re looking for anything text-based, Google’s the place to go. Need an image? No problem. Video? You can probably find it. But what if you’re looking for audio? For example, let’s say you’re
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With the JUNOs approaching in just a few short weeks, guessing the award winners becomes a hot topic. If you wanted a more educated prediction, looking up some digital trends might not be
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Have you every had your heart set on going to a certain bar only to find that once you get there it’s too crowded? Sure you could get in, but there are no
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It’s not happening everywhere and it’s not happening with every music search, but some people have noted that when they Google information on an artist or group, something new appears in the box
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If you’re a longtime consumer of online music, you’ll remember Michael Robertson’s groundbreaking MP3.com, a music-sharing service that was sued into oblivion by the music industry. Robertson was levied a $53 million fine
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When you need to know something about music, you use Google, right? So what kind of music-related things did people search for in 2014? Trending Music Artists 1. Iggy Azalea 2. Lorde 3.
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Try this: Go to Google’s home page and enter the name of any actively touring band in the search field. Notice that we now get tour dates as part of the search results
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I received this press release this morning. It explains what people were searching for (on Bing, not Google) during last night’s telecast: Bing took a look at the Grammy-related searches and revealed the
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Every year around this time, Google releases what they call their Zeitgeist List which ranks what people searched for over the last twelve months. In Canada, the most searched-for musicians in 2013 were:
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