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Obama is #1 Celebrity on Google/Freaking Marketing List

Remember the McCain campaign ad that mocked Obama as "the biggest celebrity in the world?" According to Google, McCain was absolutely right. Check out this exclusive Freaking Marketing tabulation using the world's biggest search engine. (Number of Google results are in parenthesis.)

GOOGLE/FREAKING MARKETING CELEBRITY HOTLIST

25. Ashton Kutcher (7,950,000)

24. Michael Phelps (9,610,000)

23. Oprah Winfrey (9,690,000)

22. Beyonce Knowles (11,300,000)

21. Mel Gibson (13,000,000)

20. Gwen Stefani (13,700,000)

19. Kim Kardashian (17,100,000)

18. Zac Efron (20,100,000)

17. Pamela Anderson (20,800,000)

16. Jennifer Aniston (21,700,000)

15. Sarah Palin (21,800,000)

14. Jennifer Lopez (25,800,000)

13. Tom Cruise (26,000,000)

12. Brad Pitt (28,100,000)

11. Mariah Carey (29,800,000)

10. Kanye West (30,000,000)

9. Jessica Alba (33,200,000)

8. Justin Timberlake (33,900,000)

7. Jonas Brothers (39,500,000)

6. Michael Jackson (40,200,000)

5. Angelina Jolie (43,900,000)

4. Miley Cyrus (50,600,000)

3. Paris Hilton (65,500,000)

2. Britney Spears (84,500,000)

1. Barack Obama (95,400,000)

And to think, in 2003, Barack Obama was a fairly unknown member of the Illinois State Senate.

Headline of the Times

Usually, advertisers aren't this honest till it's time for the GOBS (Going Out of Business Sale). Looks like they've been in business a long time. Hang in there, guys.