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Race Fail 2009/Mammoth Fail 2009
This is a crosspost from Fan History's blog.

We've largely been watching Race Fail and Mammoth Fail from the sidelines, trying to document what is going on and provide a good resource for people who want information about the topic in as neutrally as possible. We've occasionally been checking our search referrer keywords to know where to focus on adding links and out of curiosity as to what people interested in the situation were really interested in. We were intrigued and thought that our blog readers might be too. The chart below includes keyterms related to Race Fail and Mammoth Fail for the period between April 19 and May 18, 2009.

Things that kind of surprised me:

People were looking for information on Cassandra Claire's involvement in race fail. (I don't think she's participated.)

Interest is still high regarding Elizabeth Bear's involvement in race fail, despite the precipitating event being several months old.

Interest is not higher in regards to Patricia Wrede and Lois McMaster Bujold.

People are still interested in Will Shetterly's involvement in race fail.

There is interest in finding out more about a boycott of Tor as a result race fail.

People don't seem as interested in what members of the fan community like vee-ecks are saying so much as they are about the professional authors.