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Idol Winner Has Download Success

Since "American Idol" for the first time has made downloads of performers songs available on iTunes, winner, David Cook has enjoyed great success.Cook's "The Time of My Life," has been downloaded 236,000 times, reaching the number 1 spot on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart and reaching the number three position on the Billboard Hot 100.

Searching For The American Idol

If Internet buzz is any indication of the future—and it's not, mind you, unless Ron Paul really will get the Republican nomination—David Cook is your next American Idol. According to search metrics and questionable phone measurements, Cook edged out David Archuleta by the slimmest margin in Idol history.

American Idol Boosts Fox Web Traffic

American Idol helped boost visits to Fox Broadcasting's Web site, doubling traffic in January compared with December.

Idol Goes iTunes for Season 7

Fox and Apple have jointly launched an iTunes store for American Idol performances, in case you thought Fox was finished co-branding and cross-promoting (milking) the Other-Super Bowl*.

Nielsen: 'Earl', 'Idol' Tops In TV Buzz

When people talked about their favorite TV shows online, Jason Lee's sitcom rated first in Nielsen's top ten list.

Searches Say Blake Wins American Idol

If the number of searches for the remaining American Idol finalists is any indication, Blake Lewis is going to upset many a Jordin Sparks fan.

American Idol Most Visited TV Web Site

Hitwise has released their list of the top 10 most visited Television Web sites for the week ending April 28, 2007. Fox's popular American Idol received the highest percentage of visits to their site with 32.96 percent. This was followed by NBC's Deal or No Deal Web site, which received the second largest percentage of U.S. visits grabbing 12.33 percent.

Searchers Picked A Peck of Kellie Pickler

Okay, no boob jokes. And we're not going to talk about a certain American Idol hopeful that overstayed her welcome just because a bunch of randy teenagers kept voting for her after naughty (and weird) pics surfaced on the Web. Absolutely not. We are, however going to talk about Kellie Pickler's blue dress – and what was in it. Why are we talking about Kellie Pickler? Because Friday's afternoons are for funny, fluffy softball search stories. The background:

American Idol Hopeful Tops Google Searches

The competition on American Idol is just starting to warm up, but the real heat may not coming from the performances. As evidenced in last week’s Zeitgeist, Google searchers have American Idol contestant Antonella Barba on the brain, and I daresay it isn’t because of her singing voice.

OMG! American Idol Blogs

You know, I was just thinking: teenage girls don't talk enough. We need an online space just for them where they'll feel comfortable speaking their mindsoh wait, here's one. American Idol has added a cheer section to its website where fans can blog, dish and trash the contestants. So awesome! Anybody got a scrunchie?