Saturday, September 26, 2009

Google Trends Review

There are tools that you can play with when you build a blog.  All this is designed to drive people to the page and hopefully see something that will bring them back and maybe even click on an ad.   You know, Beer Money...

One of them is Google Trends.  It looks a lot like Google but what it does is tell you how popular that search is by other people.   Basically what the neighbors are thinking.  Ever look at your dog and say "I wonder what she's thinking"?  At least now you know how popular something is or what is going on in the world because you're presented with the top ten search terms for the last hour or so.   For today 9/25/2009, when I clicked on this, the number 8 search was "Randy Quaid Arrest".   I didn't know he was arrested because that kind of news usually doesn't get me to look at it.   I remember Randy Quaid from various movies and the first thought was Texas... they'll shoot him.  But I was wrong and the Presidio County Sherriff's Officers must have known him too.   Apparently, he was more calm than his wife was threatening and screaming like she was less than happy about it all.   Didn't listen to the officers did you, Evi?   Tsk Tsk.   If it were you or I or any other "regular guy" I suspect you'd be going for a ride in the back of a Crown Victoria Police Interceptor after accidentally banging your head on the B Pillar... or worse.

At any rate, its amusing in a dry sort of way to look at the top 100 and find some quirk in our society that you hadn't thought about.   Ok, I need to get out more.... but if you want to see the current top 100, click here.

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