Obama Wins the Battle for Online Buzz

Not only did Barack Obama come away with the election last night, he also tallied up more social media buzz during the last year, according to data from online tracking service Trendrr. Sen Obama had the advantage in news mentions, blog buzz, MySpace followers and number of videos on YouTube, Trendrr said. On Election Day, Sen Obama had been "tagged" in 665,000 YouTube videos, while Sen McCain had been tagged in 351,000.