I hope this hasn't been posted already . Google has just released Google Trends which allows you to see how many people are searching for certain terms. It also organizes results by city, region, and language.
For example, Most people who searched for "Orson Scott Card" were in Salt Lake City and Raleigh NC. The top countries for "Orson Scott Card" were the United States, Canada, Israel, Poland. Searches for "Orson Scott Card" also have spiked at certain times.
Searches for "Wikipedia" has been continuously increasing over the past few years.
Searches for "Google" spiked when Google released "Google Talk".
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
That is loads of fun.
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Not only is it fun, but I can see how it is potentially useful.
For instance, has anyone wondered how long Nintendo had been planning on changing its system name to "Wii"? Type it in, and I think we can reasonably estimate that they thought up the idea in September of 2005.
Posted by rCX (Member # 8503) on :
When you search for "Christmas" there is a spike every year on December 24th. There is a sharp decline by New Year's Day.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Wow, that is groovy!
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
When you search "search" there is a spike of people searching for a microsoft search engine. I think its funny that people used google to search for a search engine.
The top three locations for the search for "porn" are in the UK. hmmm, I think I always figured that one. pervs.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Wow, more people search "The X-Files" in Helsinki, Finland, than most American cities. Never knew that!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Check out "chocolate fountain." Apparently it is a 1) British, and 2) Utah thing.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by rCX: When you search for "Christmas" there is a spike every year on December 24th. There is a sharp decline by New Year's Day.
When you do a search for "Corned Beef" there is a spike every year on March 16th.
And when you search for "Matzo" there is a spike every year at Passover.
Who'd've thunk it?
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
quote:Wow, more people search "The X-Files" in Helsinki, Finland, than most American cities. Never knew that!
Helsinki is also fond of the work of Nobuo Uematsu (composer for the Final Fantasy games, amongst others).
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Canada, USA and Austria are the top three regions for '06 for the Buffalo Sabres. I guess Thomas Vanek is pretty popular over there.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:1. Bangalore India
2. Delhi India
3. Mumbai India
4. Singapore Singapore
5. Chennai India
6. New York United States
7. Boston United States
8. San Francisco United States
9. Hong Kong Hong Kong
10. Washington United States
For the search CEO.
India really is searching for a CEO.
Posted by rCX (Member # 8503) on :
The spike in searches in March 2005 for "Orson Scott Card" was probably caused by the release of Shadow of the Giant.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Windows, Mac is interesting. LA and San Francisco seem to be more Mac-centric than places like Atlanta, Houston or Tampa.
Add Linux in there, too.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I like the comparison search feature -- separate the terms by a comma.
"Playstation, Xbox" was fun
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Compare the birth, abortion dyad on the number of searches (top graph) and volume of news articles (bottom graph).
google trends Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
I did the Playstation, Xbox search with Gamecube added in to sadden the Nintendo fan in me.
Posted by mistaben (Member # 8721) on :
It looks like we have a clear winner!
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
You know the fun never ends with the ultimate information sorting machine in the world.... How popular am I? Riiiiight...... NOW!
WOW! The number one searcher for the word "sex" is Parkistan???
The number one city is Cairo. Almost all the top ten are in the middle east... hmmm
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
This is neat!
Top 10 languages for "Jesus Christ":
1. Tagalog 2. English 3. Dutch 4. Italian 5. Swedish 6. French 7. German 8. Polish 9. Portuguese 10. Spanish
The top 10 cities for "jello salad":
1. Salt Lake City United States 2. Pittsburgh United States 3. Portland United States 4. St Louis United States 5. Denver United States 6. Minneapolis United States 7. Seattle United States 8. Phoenix United States 9. Dallas United States 10. Philadelphia United States
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Ooh!
For "Star Trek":
1. Zagreb Hrvatska 2. Seattle United States 3. Toronto Canada 4. San Francisco United States 5. Manchester United Kingdom 6. Birmingham United Kingdom 7. Los Angeles United States 8. Berlin Germany 9. Houston United States 10. Philadelphia United States
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
8 of the top 10 searchers for "poutine" were Canadian cities. The other two were Nice and Paris, at #6 and #9, respectively. Why would someone in Quebec City (#1) google "poutine" so much? Don't they already know about it?
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Salt Lake City is by far the leading location on searches for "Salt Lake City."
Provo, Utah, is #2
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Check out "chocolate fountain." Apparently it is a 1) British, and 2) Utah thing.
Kat, JCPenney has those for sale now, fairly cheap.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kwea:
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Check out "chocolate fountain." Apparently it is a 1) British, and 2) Utah thing.
Kat, JCPenney has those for sale now, fairly cheap.
I honestly don't get the fascination.
Haven't people ever heard of a bowl? Maybe fondu? Why the heck do you want it in a fountain? Nothing says contamination to me more than constant recirculation and plenty of spit-friendly surface area. Eew.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
It was interesting to check some of the google bombs.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
C'mon guys, if we don't catch up Kansas is gonna find Waldo first!
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Auckland, New Zealand has been searching for Tupac Shakur more than anyone else, and by a decent margin (though #2 is boring old LA).
This could be the key to all mysteries! What have the Kiwis learned about Pac's whereabouts!?
Edit - and Lima, Peru is #1 for just "Tupac," and by an even larger margin! AIIEE, we're falling behind in the search for Pac!
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Kat, JCPenney has those for sale now, fairly cheap.
I can also get you employee discounts...
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by mistaben: It looks like we have a clear winner!
You think Chuck's spike is related to the Ultimate Showdown?
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
No one is looking for Mr. Goodbar anymore.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
On the other hand, there've been a couple of spikes in people Searching for [URL=bobby fischer]Bobby Fischer[/URL].
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Wow, the [url= http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22red+october%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all] Hunt for Red October [/url] is all over the board. But naturally, only the US cares.
Edit: Why won't this URL dealy work right?!
[ May 16, 2006, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: vonk ]
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Sorry for the repeat posts, but I love this thing.
It's amazing that nobody in Washington can find any WMDs. I mean, seriously, they've been googling it like nobodies business.
There are a lot of people looking for me in Tehran, Iran.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Congratulations to the cities of Minneapolis, Seattle and San Francisco for their inability to spell "nuclear."
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
This is my spelling error pet peeve, and it just irks me that there's actually a point where more people searched "definately" than "definitely."
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Ok, so Canadians are looking for more drugs and Australians are looking for more alcohol. Who knew.
Mohammed overtook Jesus for about two months during the cartoon controversy, and is searched for more in the Netherlands than Jesus is.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
The Xbox is a more popular search than God...but God always has more news about Him. Other than when new Xboxes are announced/released.
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
quote:Edit: Why won't this URL dealy work right?!
You have a space in between = and the url. Take the space out and you should be good to go.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Results for Dolly Parton:
1. Nashville United States
2. Orlando United States
3. Oslo Norway
4. Stockholm Sweden
5. Edinburgh United Kingdom
6. Atlanta United States
7. St Louis United States
8. Dallas United States
9. New York United States
10. Houston United States
Some of those surprise me, some don't.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I find it amusing that more people search for "Dallas" in Richardson than in Dallas proper. (Same for "Reunion Tower.")
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Tax Evasion:
Number 1 City: Dublin Ireland
Number 1 Region: Philipines.
Tax Fraud:
1. Washington United States 2. New York United States 3. Bletchley United Kingdom 4. Los Angeles United States 5. Dallas United States 6. Tampa United States 7. London United Kingdom 8. Birmingham United Kingdom 9. Manchester United Kingdom 10. Brentford United Kingdom
There's a sharp, SHARP spike in the number of people who look up Tax Fraud around April.
Edit: Heh, look up Diet Plans. You see a HUGE HUGE spike at the beginning of every year then it drops way off. New Years Resolution anyone?
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Australia's looking really hard for that Holy Grail .
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
There's a huge spike around February/March of 2004. I can't figure out why. I pored through the site during that era, and the only thing that stood out was their Ender's Game comic
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: Australia's looking really hard for that Holy Grail .
It's the title of a "classic" Australian rock anthem.
This is neat!
Harry Potter spikes more than Rowlingalthough the spikes do correspond. That would be around book and movie releases, I imagine.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
People in Jakarta search for the word "cheat" way more than the rest of the world, and mostly in December. What's up with that?
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Any idea why research into the Popol Vuh is so uncannily cyclical?
EDIT: But I still think my "welfare" find from the previous page is the best one ... It kind of makes me want to tear up
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
quote:Originally posted by imogen:
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: Australia's looking really hard for that Holy Grail . [/qb]
It's the title of a "classic" Australian rock anthem.