3,000 6,000
February 21, 2006
That how many people, at last count, had arrived to Crime & Federalism after Googling "Dianna Abdala," "William Korman," or some variation of those search phrases. Although C&F is on the first page of Google's search results for that term, there are five or six blogs listed ahead of us. Likely thousands of more people searched for more information regarding the brouhaha, but landed on a blog listed first in the search results.
Is it a bad thing for Abdala's career that people know she's a trust-fund baby who can't spell or write well? Dan Solove, blogging at Concurring Opinions, notes that one commentator thinks the e-mail exchange might be a good thing for Abdala's career.