Lambert is trending down, and Anoop is on the rise this week. Adam Lambert still led in overall posts thanks to lingering buzz from his last performance, but after this week’s performance Anoop has been generating the most chatter over the past few days.

Here are the overall rankings based on number of blog posts, news feeds, chat rooms, forums, social networks and Twitter posts throughout the past week:

1. Adam Lambert
2. Anoop Desai
3. Kris Allen
4. Danny Gokey
5. Matt Giraud
6. Lil Rounds
7. Allison Iraheta
8. Scott MacIntyre

If Web chatter is any indication, Adam Lambert is running away with American Idol season 8. Paula Abdul’s early prediction to reach the finals has nearly twice as much chatter as any other contestant. Two weeks into the season, here’s how the Top 10 stack up: 

1. Adam Lambert
2. Lil Rounds
3. Anoop Desai
4. Danny Gokey
5. Matt Giraud
6. Scott MacIntyre
7. Megan Joy
8. Kris Allen
9. Michael Sarver
10. Allison Iraheta

This will be an interesting chart to monitor over the next 9 weeks. Will Allison be the next to go? Can Web chatter predict the American Idol winner?