tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post1236388408301588017..comments2024-03-09T10:26:48.789+00:00Comments on economics, psychology, policy: Google Trends, Polls, Betting, Prediction Markets and the British ElectionEmma Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466193733741012673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-44377671548671137642010-05-06T16:33:13.782+00:002010-05-06T16:33:13.782+00:00Good point about what was behind the 'Gordon B...Good point about what was behind the 'Gordon Brown bounce' Liam. As we've mentioned before, one really has to reflect on what is underlying "search". In this case, there is an interesting behavioural aspect (I use that phrase out of habit; I know there is a good debate happening on a separate thread about behav econ!). The behavioural aspect, as I see it, is that many individuals were 'sensation-seeking' rather than 'information-seeking', when it came to their search behaviour in this case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-76019658574889539592010-05-06T10:25:47.551+00:002010-05-06T10:25:47.551+00:00The Gordon Brown bounce comes from the bigot remar...The Gordon Brown bounce comes from the bigot remarks thing. Shows that people are more interested in cringe than policy when it comes to search. Some day an unfortunate politican is really going to let loose when a microphone is turned on and then you will see search volumes. I have to agree with John Waters when he says that Brown was lucky in a way. For most people when we let loose in frustration our language is a lot more colourful than the language Brown was using. The woman is question was right to feel hurt but I dont think anybody other than very saintly people do not use moments like the back of the car following a frustrating encounter to vent.Liam Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905424104233324535noreply@blogger.com