Out of Nowhere

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

I thought it interesting that the Google 2001 index had only 671 search results for “Barack Obama“.
“Sarah Palin” had 0 results.
These old indexes are interesting, especially if you’re searching for old data. I hope we see more of them.
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Friday the 13th Search Trends

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I hate to do this to you again, but I just find these cyclical spikes in search traffic way too interesting. (I’m a big-time nerder, I know.) Anyway, here’s another cool keyword volume chart for today, “Friday the 13th”.
This trend for “13″ by itself is also kind of interesting. I didn’t expect this, but I [...]

777 - Keyword Search Trends

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

It’s officially July 7, 2007 — 777 — and I have a distinct impression that today might be the best 777 this millennium. Except for the obvious esoteric number fun, I don’t attribute meaning to it –unless the rapture comes, in which case I’ll quickly edit my post. :)
What I am interested in, however, are [...]

Daylight Savings Time

Friday, October 27th, 2006

If keyword search volumes were stocks, I’d be buying “Daylight Savings” right now. I’m pretty sure it’s just about to hit the J curve.

I’m not too sure how long I would keep it past Sunday though… :)
Did you know that Daily Savings Time was Benjamin Franklin’s idea? Here’s the essay where he introduced the concept. [...]