The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by turar on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:39AM (#11970625)

This doesn't explain "What is the EU?" being the second ranked search query.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by howlingfantods on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:48AM (#11970724)

I would guess it's mostly students and such, a population with a disproportionate effect on online social trends and deep gaps of real life knowledge.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by tarpherder on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:57AM (#11970806)

Well it won't be old people and such, a population with very low digital knowledge/presence and deep gaps of real life knowledge.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by ojbyrne on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:27PM (#11971087)

Easy explanation: all the other search queries for that phrase were spread over 2-3 months leading up to the vote.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mc32 on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:43AM (#11970663)

It may be people in America or China want to know a little more about the EU now that the fear campaign is in full.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mediocrejoker on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:46AM (#11970695)

I think the article was specifically referring to queries from Britain, wasn't it?

I would assume they can break down this type of data by country very easily.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mc32 on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:47AM (#11970710)

They could, but I didn't see that stipulated... I'm on mobile, so it could have been hidden, if so apologies.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by turar on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:44AM (#11970673)

These queries were from UK only.

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