Barack Obama’s epochal victory in the US presidential election may have transfixed and gladdened the world but the British public, it seems, is more preoccupied with the life and times of another American colossus – a 26-year-old singer by the name of Britney Jean Spears.Despite, or perhaps because, she has endured yet another turbulent year, Spears has topped a list of the UK’s 10 most searched-for subjects on Yahoo.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/01/britney-spears-barack-obama-internet-yahooBritney Spears is most searched-for subject by British web users, Yahoo! claims
Britney Spears is the UK’s most searched-for subject on the internet, Yahoo! claims.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3536444/Britney-Spears-is-most-searched-for-subject-by-British-web-users-Yahoo-claims.htmlBritney more popular than Obama
Barack Obama will make history by becoming the first black US president, but in the world of internet search he trails the singer, Britney Spears.
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Britney Spears pushes Obama aside in Briton’s internet search table
Barack Obama’s epochal victory in the US presidential election may have transfixed and gladdened the world but the British public, it seems, is more preoccupied with the life and times of another American colossus – a 26-year-old singer by the name of Britney Jean Spears.