It's amazing how a big-budget Hollywood movie can put a controversial issue in the public eye. Google Trends, a tool from Google Labs, can make information like this easy to track.
Marilynn Mobley, SVP, Edelman Atlanta, uses this illustration to show how trends in media coverage and Google searches can shed light on how a client's profile is faring online.
"Put in the terms 'blood diamonds' and 'conflict diamonds' and you'll see little to no online searches of those terms until late ...