Search of the Week: Obama Cairo Speech

Every Saturday here at About Web Search, we're going to look at a particular search term that for whatever reason is getting a LOT of searches via Google, Yahoo, Ask, and other search engines. This week, the phrase Obama Cairo Speech got a fantastically high number of searches - why? Well, because President Obama went to Cairo and gave a speech about Muslim relations with the United States and the rest of the world. Let's see how this search breaks down in numbers, shall we?

• Regionally, searchers in Washington D.C. searched for information on "obama cairo speech" more than any other part of the country, followed closely behind by Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey.
• Search terms related to "obama cairo speech" were "obama in cairo", "obama speech video", and "obama speech transcript".
• "Obama cairo speech" started out slow this week, with virtually no searches on Monday and Tuesday, rising a bit on Wednesday, then all of a sudden completely taking over on Thursday, increasing in search volume by more than 3000%. Amazing!
• Globally, the region that searched for the phrase "obama cairo speech" the most was Egypt, followed by the United States, Canada, and Australia. Worldwide searchers also looked for the phrases "obama in cairo", "obama speech video", and "obama cairo video".

For more information on the Obama Cairo speech, check out these resources:

• Obama Speech to Muslims in Cairo
• Obama's Love Speech in Cairo
• Obama's Audience

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