MS have a new feature for their Live Search, which is currently in Beta. It's called Celebrity xRank - they rank celebrities based on the amount of searches. You can search for your favorite celebrity, compare them to others, see trend charts, and so on.
So, I've done a little research, both in the music and TV areas. First we have a showdown between some of my favorite musicians. (drum-roll) And here are the charts:
| Musician | xRank |
| Beatles | |
| Paul McCartney | 97 |
| John Lennon | 113 |
| George Harrison | 437 |
| Ringo Starr | 1027 |
| Neil Young | 119 |
| Elvis Costello | 934 |
So, the biggest looser here is Ringo, while the winner is Paul McCartney. But surprisingly and sadly, Costello is so near the bottom of the list.
And now, the TV showdown - tonight we have Battlestar Galactica against Lost. I searched the xRank of the main characters, but in both shows, not all of them had an xRank. Both are not running right now, so expect low results:
| Actor | Character | xRank |
| Tricia Helfer | Number Six | 1252 |
| Katee Sackhoff | Starbuck | 2157 |
| Jamie Bamber | Apollo | 2467 |
| Edward James Olmos | Admiral Adama | 2550 |
| Mary McDonnell | President Roslin | 5222 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Average | 2730 |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Juliet | 1253 |
| Matthew Fox | Jack | 2706 |
| Dominic Monaghan | Charlie | 4121 |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Jin | 4553 |
| Terry O'Quinn | John | 5517 |
| Naveen Andrews | Sayid | 5884 |
| Lost | Average | 4006 |
The winner of the two is BSG (no doubt about it!). The rating of BSGs stars is pretty clear. What is strange are the Lost results, where Juliet (sad puppy look) was ranked higher than anyone by far, followed by Jack, 1500 points away. However, the big mystery is how Juliet is only one point below BSGs favorite Cylon! Coincidence, or not...
1 comment:
Great post -
Love xRank... thanks for the analysis. The Beatles could sure stand to be ranked higher. I think they use search volume to compute rank.
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