Here an odd fact! I just found this "Google Trends" site and you'll never guess who...

[Up2Late]

...(and in what language) is ranked #1 when it comes to Googleing the word "sex" and "porn!" <http://google.com/trends>


1. Cairo, Egypt

2. Chennai, India

3. Delhi, India

4. Mumbai, India

5. Izmir, Turkey

6. Ankara, Turkey

7. Istanbul, Turkey

8. Warsaw, Poland

9. Birmingham, United Kingdom

10. Brussels, Belgium

And the #1 language, by far is Arabic. Turkish is a distant #2.

I wonder why? I wonder if it's because we (in English) get bombarded by ads and Spam and they don't or what?

It's a very interesting site (for a few minutes at least), but I couldn't find any other search terms that even came close to the same frequency as the two I mentioned above, but here's the last 5 I tried. Enter these terms, to see what I'm talking about, at this link: <http://google.com/trends>

Sex, Porn, War, MySpace, YouTube

Here's another interesting site too, if you're into Statistics: <http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156041>

Any ideas for other search terms to try?

[Flabbergasted]

1. 911 Conspiracy

http://google.com/trends?q=911+Conspiracy&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Jihad is interesting too...

[Up2Late]

3. That's so cool that you can see where those Google searches are coming from...

...and when they started too.

Central Florida and about the 2nd quarter of 2004.

I may need to research the timing of all that interest, was that when Fahrenheit 9/11 came out?

[DireStrike]

2. we westerners are far more specific about our predilections.

Search for "sex"? Nah, we're looking for lesbian asian cheerleader bondage.

[benddem]

4. When you repress

sexuality people will endlessly try to find other ways to learn about it. If only the abstinence only people would see what has happened in Islamic nations.

[Radical Activist]

10. Just what I was thinking. n/t

[Up2Late]

14. Exactly what I was thinking too.

[IMayBeWrongBut]

5. I gave "IT career" a try.

No suprise they are all in asia, but that they were mostly in english is interesting.

[valerief]

6. Cool. Here's "Jesus." It proves America isn't obsessed with

Jesus, no matter what the Corp Media tell us.

Top cities (normalized)
1. Lima, Peru

2. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

3. Sao Paulo, Brazil

4. Caracas, Venezuela

5. Madrid, Spain

6. Barcelona, Spain

7. Bogota, Colombia

8. Mexico City, Mexico

9. Santiago, Chile

10. Atlanta, GA, USA

Top languages (normalized)
1. Portuguese

2. Spanish

3. English

4. Swedish

5. German

6. Dutch

7. French

8. Italian

[blogslut]

25. Try God

http://www.google.com/trends?q=god

[City of Mills]

7. How about "anthrax"? nm

[UndertheOcean]

8. If you put in "Philosophy" or "Meaning of Life"

The Philippines and the Tagalog language come first ?

Are Philippinos really more interested in philosophy than others ?

[UndertheOcean]

9. I've also tried "Existentialism" , and the philiphines came first again.

wow.

[ecstatic]

11. I think Americans probably use more "vile" search terms

"Sex" and "porn" are pretty tame compared to what comes out of these parts.

:rofl:

[Radical Activist]

13. I think you're right

I just tried a number of more vile terms and all the results were American and European cities. This is fun.

[Up2Late]

15. I bet you're right...

...I haven't tried it yet, but I bet if I looked up some fetish terms, the U.K. and the U.S. would be #1 and #2:evilgrin:

[Radical Activist]

12. marijuana

Just curious:

1. Pleasanton, CA, USA

2. Portland, OR, USA

3. Sacramento, CA, USA

4. Orlando, FL, USA

5. San Diego, CA, USA

6. San Francisco, CA, USA

7. Denver, CO, USA

8. Rochester, NY, USA

9. Los Angeles, CA, USA

10. Philadelphia, PA, USA

[sweetheart]

16. interesting research tool

"rough sex" is a brit/american
http://google.com/trends?q=rough+sex&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"united nations"
http://google.com/trends?q=united+nations&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"hydroponics"
http://google.com/trends?q=hydroponics&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"LED lighting"
http://google.com/trends?q=LED+lighting&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"solar power" shows under regions much more interest in the
world outside the US than i suspected
http://google.com/trends?q=solar+power&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"jesus"
http://google.com/trends?q=jesus&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"surfing"
http://google.com/trends?q=surfing&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"investment"
http://google.com/trends?q=investment&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"loans"
http://google.com/trends?q=loans&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

The graph shows dying technology standards:
"wordperfect"
http://google.com/trends?q=wordperfect&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
"xwindows"
http://google.com/trends?q=xwindows&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
"C++" - interesting top 10's are non-US
http://google.com/trends?q=C%2B%2B&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
"java" - same trend
http://google.com/trends?q=java&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
"youtube" - opposite trend
http://google.com/trends?q=youtube&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"feminism" - interesting who is interested
http://google.com/trends?q=feminism&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"karl marx"
http://google.com/trends?q=karl+marx&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"nigger"
http://google.com/trends?q=nigger&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all
"wetback"
http://google.com/trends?q=wetback&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all
"cholo"
http://google.com/trends?q=cholo&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
"bitch"
http://google.com/trends?q=bitch&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

"google"
http://google.com/trends?q=google&ctab=1&geo=all&date=all

"highland games" - the scots diaspora searching annually
http://google.com/trends?q=highland+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

[Marie26]

17. "Enabling Act"

Big spike around the time the Military Commissions Act passed. http://google.com/trends?q=%22enabling+act%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

[sweetheart]

18. "democratic underground"

http://google.com/trends?q=democratic+underground&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

why lawrence kansas and binghamton, ny?

[originalpckelly]

19. Interesting:

Top places which search for "vagina"

1. Jakarta, Indonesia

2. Delhi, India

3. Chennai, India

4. Mumbai, India

5. Brisbane, Australia

6. Amsterdam, Netherlands

7. Philadelphia, PA, USA

8. Sydney, Australia

9. Mexico City, Mexico

10. Milan, Italy

Top places which search for "penis"

1. Philadelphia, PA, USA

2. Chicago, IL, USA

3. Miami, FL, USA

4. Melbourne, Australia

5. Sydney, Australia

6. Houston, TX, USA

7. San Francisco, CA, USA

8. Brisbane, Australia

9. San Diego, CA, USA

10. Montreal, Canada


I bet that has to do with the oppression of women in those countries.

[sweetheart]

20. christmas trending

I have several discoveries in this data i'd like to represent.

The first i call the winter craving, this is a seasonal interest.

search 'jesus', 'enlightenment', 'karl marx', 'champagne', 'abortion' and a person is more
likely to search for these in fall/spring/winter... even shakespeare. All have a
midsummer dip in narrative pervasiveness.

The second "the summer boost:

'highland games', 'glacier', 'loans', 'war games'... the summer cycle narrative.

spikers:

'turkey', 'christmas', 'schiavo', 'democratic underground'

That's at least 3 time-trends that are clearly visible to the naked eye,
identifiable trends in human cycles of interest media driven, wow! :-)

Thanks for that, Mr. google doing justice stuff.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. Here's A Surprise #1. RE: Iraq

http://google.com/trends?q=iraq&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

1. Washington, DC, USA

2. Seattle, WA, USA

3. Portland, OR, USA

4. Houston, TX, USA

5. Denver, CO, USA

6. Los Angeles, CA, USA

7. Phoenix, AZ, USA

8. San Diego, CA, USA

9. Minneapolis, MN, USA

10. Tampa, FL, USA

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

22. Hey, Check Out Diebold:

http://google.com/trends?q=diebold&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Canton OH by HUGE margins.

1. Canton, OH, USA

2. Akron, OH, USA

3. Cleveland, OH, USA

4. Columbus, OH, USA

5. Mumbai, India

6. San Francisco, CA, USA

7. Atlanta, GA, USA

8. Washington, DC, USA

9. New York, NY, USA

10. Portland, OR, USA

[blogslut]

23. Did you try

Jesus?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

24. Interesting List For 'Nuclear Weapon':

http://google.com/trends?q=nuclear+weapon&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

1. Seoul, South Korea

2. Washington, DC, USA

3. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4. San Diego, CA, USA

5. Philadelphia, PA, USA

6. Brisbane, Australia

7. San Francisco, CA, USA

8. Los Angeles, CA, USA

9. Irvine, CA, USA

10. Vancouver, Canada

[PreacherCasey]

26. list for "mother fucker"

http://google.com/trends?q=mother+fucker&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

[alfredo]

27. The US is slacking off horribly.

Fellatio----

Top cities (normalized)

1. Milan, Italy

2. Rome, Italy

3. Melbourne, Australia

4. Sydney, Australia

5. Brisbane, Australia

6. Zurich, Switzerland

7. Chicago, IL, USA

8. Philadelphia, PA, USA

9. Seattle, WA, USA

10. Boston, MA, USA



Top regions (normalized)
1. Italy

2. Australia

3. Switzerland

4. United States

5. Germany

6. Canada

7. Austria

8. India

9. Argentina

10. United Kingdom


This is quite telling.
Anal Sex-----

Top cities (normalized)
1. Miami, FL, USA

2. Philadelphia, PA, USA

3. Birmingham, United Kingdom

4. Houston, TX, USA

5. Seattle, WA, USA

6. Ankara, Turkey

7. Chicago, IL, USA

8. Zurich, Switzerland

9. Montreal, Canada

10. Manchester, United Kingdom


Top regions (normalized)
1. South Korea

2. Turkey

3. Romania

4. United States

5. Canada

6. Australia

7. India

8. United Kingdom

9. Switzerland

10. Germany

[BelgianMadCow]

28. This very cool feature needs some Rec's!! edit- damn too late

Even if I immediately wonder what they do EXACTLY with the search logs...

And also, the Y graph badly needs a scale so you know what you're looking at.

But great fun nevertheless! Thanks.