Yesterday was certainly quite a day in the US.  Many people took some time out of their day to watch television or streaming coverage of Obama’s inauguration.  Google and Yahoo! have both released some of the popular searches and search trends that occurred during the ceremonies.  According to Google, 12% of their inauguration-related searches yesterday were from outside the US:

“From Latin America, we received queries like toma de posesion de Barack Obama en vivo (inauguration of Barack Obama live — Spanish) and posse de Obama (inauguration of Obama — Portuguese). Similarly in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, people interested in the inauguration searched for amtseinführung (inauguration — German), inauguratie (inauguration — Dutch), investidura (inauguration — Spanish), ברק אובמה (Barack introduction — Hebrew), اوباما (Obama — Arabic), and investiture (inauguration — French). And even though it was very early in their day, users in Asia and Australia were still interested in watching the festivities, with queries like 奥巴马就职典礼直播 (Obama inauguration broadcast — Chinese) and inauguration timetable.”

Yahoo! chronicles some of the more interesting searches like ‘inauguration luncheon recipes’ and ‘John Roberts oath of office ridiculousness.’

Were you online for the inauguration?

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