anthony baxter ([info]anthonybaxter) wrote,
2006-05-11 13:51:00
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most meta-search ever.

Richard got this from the metafilter comments thread on Google Trends:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=blue+line%2Cred+line&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

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[info]yak_boy

May 11 2006, 04:03:40 UTC 6 years ago

http://www.google.com/trends?q=blue+line%2C+red+line%2C+yellow+line%2C+green+line%2C+purple+line&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

Anonymous

May 11 2006, 04:18:47 UTC 6 years ago

Clearly the purple line is about to make a comeback!

[info]jerub

May 11 2006, 05:21:05 UTC 6 years ago

I like this one. No one talks about autumn.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=winter%2Cspring%2Csummer%2Cautumn&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

[info]yak_boy

May 11 2006, 05:40:11 UTC 6 years ago

How about this? A band that broke up 36 years ago consistently outranks one that is still touring.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=The+Beatles%2C+The+Rolling+Stones&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

[info]richardjones

May 11 2006, 09:24:53 UTC 6 years ago

Lose the "the" from "the rolling stones" and the stones kick the beatle's ass. Here's the query:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=The+Beatles%2C+Rolling+Stones%7Cthe+rolling+stones&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

[info]yak_boy

May 11 2006, 09:53:54 UTC 6 years ago

You can't give one special treatment over the other. Removing "the" from both gives us a more realistic view. That is, The Beatles ahead of the Stones, except for spikes when the Stones are actually in the news. Makes sense, although I thought Google ignored the word "the".

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Beatles%2C+Rolling+Stones&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

[info]bjj_moves

May 11 2006, 06:23:12 UTC 6 years ago

The graph looks better if you use fall instead. I blame Americans...

[info]richardjones

May 11 2006, 09:23:06 UTC 6 years ago

One of the neat features is that you can | together terms, so autumn|fall will get the whole set, and the graph then evens out considerably.

[info]yak_boy

May 11 2006, 10:12:56 UTC 6 years ago

If you take a look at this graph...

http://www.google.com/trends?q=church%2C+state&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

...you can see there's a clear separation between church and state.

Thank you, I'm here 'til Tuesday. Try the veal.

[info]drbunsen

May 11 2006, 19:59:12 UTC 6 years ago

Do you want your veal with ....

http://www.google.com/trends?q=chips%2Csalad%2Cvegetables&ctab=1&date=all&geo=all
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