Home searches for Ibiza up 174% thanks to Netflix show White Lines

People browsing overseas homes online while ‘dual-screening’ has resulted in a 174 per cent surge in searches for homes listed in Ibiza last month compared to the previous year, Rightmove data shows. With Netflix TV series White Lines – set on the party island – being one of the most watched programmes last month, many … Read more

Searches on Twitter for the term ‘racist’ surface President Donald Trump’s name as the top result

Searches on Twitter for the term ‘racist’ are surfacing President Donald Trump’s name as the top result under ‘accounts’ Searches for ‘racist’ on Twitter surface the account of President Donald Trump  Twitter its algorithm links terms commonly associated with accounts The phenomenon comes as Trump and Twitter go toe-to-toe By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:19 BST, … Read more

Searches for holidays in Spain and Greece increase more than 50 per cent says TravelSupermarket

Searches for package holidays to Spain this summer have increased by 52 per cent, Greece by 51 per cent and Portugal by 38 per cent in the past fortnight on the back of news that European tourism is reopening and quarantine-free air bridges can be established. There have been 40 per cent more price comparison … Read more

Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle sees increase in searches for accommodation there rise 160 per cent

Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle results in searches for accommodation in the market town surging by 160 per cent Hotels.com has seen a surge in searches for accommodation from May 22 to 27 One of the top accommodation options is the Homelands Guest House  The co-owner said that she’d noticed an increase in enquiries … Read more

Britons back ‘air bridges’ and ‘travel bubbles’, with holiday searches to Italy and France rocketing

Britons back ‘air bridges’ and tourism in Europe ‘re-opening this summer’, with searches for July holidays to Italy and France rocketing in the past few days by over 100 per cent Air bridges would allow people to travel without the need to undergo quarantine In response, Skyscanner says searches for holidays to Italy in July … Read more

Government mobility chart reveals spike in online searches for walking and driving directions

The Government has revealed a spike in online searches for walking and driving routes as industry sources told MailOnline Sadiq Khan failed to meet his promise that Tube services would rise to 75 per cent of pre-lockdown levels from today – with the true figure closer to 50 per cent.  Commuters promised more carriage space questioned the Mayor … Read more

Online searches for raunchy novels such as Fifty Shades of Grey surge

It’s a lockdown love-in! Online searches for raunchy novels such as Fifty Shades of Grey surge as Britons seek a little solace in romance Online searches for love stories have bloomed by 154 per cent in parts of the UK Highest number of searches were recorded in Norfolk and the East of England However research, … Read more

Westworld star Louis Herthum searches for his sisters’ killer 50 years after murders

Westworld star Louis Herthum was just 16 in October 1972 when two of his sisters were murdered execution-style in a Miami apartment. Nearly 50 years later Herthum, who plays the clue-bearing robot Peter Abernathy opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the futuristic HBO series, is still hoping for justice – even if his patience wore thin … Read more

Google searches for hydroxychloroquine surged after endorsements from Trump and Elon Musk

Internet searches for two anti-malaria drugs soared after high-profile endorsements from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as potential treatments for the novel coronavirus, a new study finds. Because there are no treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), people may end up searching for unproven therapies.  Two of them are chloroquine … Read more

Google searches reveal American’s concerns have shifted amid the coronavirus pandemic

Google searches from April 2019 reveal Americans were interested in ‘Game of Thrones’, how to tie a tie and solving a Rubik’s cube, now people’s focus has shifted as their lives have been upended by the coronavirus. The Washington Post compared searches from April 2020 to the same time last year, showing people are more … Read more