Google Zeitgeist '05 240
Garett Rogers writes "Google has just released their Google Zeitgeist 2005. From the site: 'It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of the significant events, and names that make this a memorable year. (We'll leave it to the historians to determine which ones are lasting and which ephemeral.) We hope you enjoy this selective view of our collective year.'"
Janet Jackson (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:2)
A little incident at the Super Bowl maybe?
That is so last year.. Hell, most of the people I know didn't think it was a big deal at the time, much less two years later.
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:2, Funny)
Congratulations on getting boobies for this thread.
In other news, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to be acquired by Drew Curtis' Fark.com (NASDAQ:FARK).
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:2)
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Re:Janet Jackson (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:3, Funny)
Which I guess explains why didn't they put up the statistics for Google Image search.
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:4, Informative)
That's the top Google news [google.com] search, not the top search overall. But really, the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction [google.com] was in 2004...
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:5, Funny)
And so I don't have to ask again, Where are the top 10 search keywords for Google Images for people with SafeSearch turned off?
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:5, Funny)
No, I just might not be using the best ones
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Janet Jackson (Score:2)
If you're going to include entertainment news, it's no surprise that lead actors are going to get massive surges of hits when a new film comes out (or gets in the news some other way, like the Jacksons did) - after all, that's news th
Not enough info (Score:5, Insightful)
Position 1 could be orders of magnitude more searched for than position 2.
On the other hand, position 1000 could have nearly as many searches as position 10...
Re:Not enough info (Score:3, Insightful)
The graphs ARE nice but... (Score:2)
Is a peak on one of those graphs dozens of searchs or millions?
I know google is just being nice in showing this data at all.
Does anyone know;
Are the numbers available for free or for a fee?
Are they considered a trade secret?
Normally graphs have a scale on them... on both axes.
Re:Not enough info (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Not enough info (Score:2, Funny)
Also, Y axes? (Score:2)
Fluctuations (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:2)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:2)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:2)
Re:Fluctuations (Score:2)
From casual observation I'd say the "peak" is about 2-3 times longer than the dip. I'd say the dip is on the weekend.
What I found more interesting is the exponential decay of the hits for various events. Very nice. Must work out the constants to see how "pure" it is.
Re:Fluctuations (Score:2)
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where is.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:where is.... (Score:2)
I guess google is doing no harm here.
ssh tunnels to avoid spying firewalls and I guess VPNs aid in those times of need. Not that I know anything about these things.
Infoporn Re:where is.... (Score:2)
infoporn:
information and statistics arranged with seducing graphs, charts, and other eyecandy
Firefox (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Firefox (Score:3, Funny)
Because once you get it (Score:2)
Sheesh.
Re:Firefox (Score:2)
*grin*
How Do You Take Your Star Wars? (Score:5, Funny)
I think they forgot Star_Wars_Bootleg.torrent...
Re:How Do You Take Your Star Wars? (Score:2)
Future Poll Choices:
Re:How Do You Take Your Star Wars? (Score:2)
Hilarious (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hilarious (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.google.com/search?q=Ares [google.com]
http://www.google.com/search?q=Baidu [google.com]
And for good measure:
http://www.google.com/search?q=zeitgeist [google.com]
Answer.com - The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for "time-spirit."
Interesting (Score:2, Interesting)
commence flame war...
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Insightful)
Plus, how can a news source be simultaneously objective and questioning policy?
Plus, what makes you think that the BBC is immune from whatever market forces, black-hearted corruption, o
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Insightful)
It is the media's job to report when experts disagree with Government policy. BBC does this, CNN doesn't do so as often. Fox rarely does this at all.
Plus, how can a news source be simultaneously objective and questioning policy?
Look at a BBC news report. They will state something like: Expert A disagrees with Policy X, stating that it will have dire consequences for Issue Y. However, Expert B disagrees, stating it will dramatically improve Factor Z.
Plus, what makes you think that the BBC is immune from whatever market forces, black-hearted corruption, or government pressure you believe plagues CNN?
The BBC is independent of the Government and any corporate influence. If the BBC misreports something, there is an inquiry. If they accept money for a report, heads roll. The BBC's independent nature is what allows it to be impartial.
We can't really get into your proof of these allegations (that the U.S. government is pressuring the U.S. media to run biased coverage) since, presumably, you'd simply point out that now that they control the media, they're hiding the proof, too!
I doubt the US Government is directly influencing the media, however US media has a reputation for chest-thumping "patriotism" (earning CNN the moniker of "the Combat News Network"). Look at the run-up to the Iraq war. While news outlets around the world were doubting the existence of WMD in Iraq, and quoting experts that stated they didn't exist, most US media outlets were extolling the virtues of invading Iraq. It was truly appalling. Even the New York Times, which is usually as unbiased as the BBC, was reporting WMDs as fact. I don't know if this is due to consumer pressure, corporate pressure, Government pressure, or simply nationalistic short-sightedness, but it disgusted people around the world.
Re:Interesting (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
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commence flame war...
If any Americans thinks CNN/Fox news is a credible news source, then it goes to explain the Americans view on the world more. The BBC is often fiarly moderate and fair in international reporting while the later two shill for the state. BBC shills for the state too but the state i the UK. IT's reporting on the US and the rest of the wrold tends to be moderate and fair c
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
Glad to hear that bbc.com now goes to the BBC, it used to be occupied by some bloke with a small business in Canada, who refused to give it up for many years. In fact the BBC's first foray onto the net back in Oct '96 was via the rather cumbersome bbcnc.org.uk - 'nc' for 'network club', as I recall. Try it. [archive.org] It beats bbc.co.uk by a couple of months.
They need to dig a little deeper (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They need to dig a little deeper (Score:2)
Google thinks it's the Light Side (Score:2, Insightful)
So when will we see them admit that people are searching for [block banner ads] when they annoy people with graphical Google Ads?
And why the @*^!! is the browser useragent info and platform info still missing? "Do no evil"? I think it was wrong to pull that info out of the results. C'mon guys! Put it back!
Re:Google thinks it's the Light Side (Score:2)
All the Apple items! (Score:4, Insightful)
Top Search... The Other Jackson? (Score:5, Funny)
I could understand Micheal Jackson for his strangeness. The man is like a walking car accident, we have to look. But the top search being Janet is insane.
The Internet is the Holy Grail of nudity, searching for one womans half covered nipple is really cuddling the complex nature of Googles Algorithm. Make your searches interesting, like "Bea Arthur humping a Camel" or "Shannon Doherty doing coke off a dead hookers butt" Make the people at Google work.
Re:Top Search... The Other Jackson? (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.google.com/search?q=Bea+Arthur+humping
(and the top hit):
http://www.shanmonster.com/archives/searchterms.h
http://www.google.com/search?q=Shannon+Doherty+do
(and the top hit):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CY67/002-3
(of course, google thinks maybe you meant: Shannon Doherty doing coke of a dead hookers butt
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=EoT&safe=of
(for which the top hit is the same)
Maybe you meant to include the quotes, in which case:
Your search - "Bea Arthur humping a Camel" - did not match any documents.
(yet, i'm sure their index of slashdot will pull it up soon)
also no luck with
Your search - "Shannon Doherty doing coke off a dead hookers butt" - did not match any documents.
same result for 'of'
All in all, the bea arthur hits are more interestingly relevant than you might expect.
After I'm dead, (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Top Search... The Other Jackson? (Score:2)
Mean reversion... (Score:2)
How Do You Take Your Star Wars? (Score:2)
Here's an idea (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Here's an idea (Score:2)
I imagine they wouldn't take kindly to what is essentially distributed ballot stuffing.
unnormal (Score:2)
I must be the most unnormal (my new word for the day) person around. I didn't searced for any of those terms in 2005. I don't even know what Ares and Baidu are? Where's Britney in that list anyway. I thought there was some sort of rule that said she always had to win?
WMD search dieoff (Score:4, Funny)
Re:WMD search dieoff (Score:2)
Once we have HiRes pics of Mars we'll definitely find them.
Orkut? (Score:2)
Re:Orkut? (Score:2, Informative)
American boobs (Score:5, Funny)
iPod (Score:2)
ZZZ... Try Metaspy (Score:4, Interesting)
Does Metaspy work? (Score:2)
Of course the morst important bit... (Score:2, Insightful)
also I see less and less in each issue of the Zeitgeist (I suppose as they figure out that more and more of the info is pretty valuable to be released for free)
Re:Of course the morst important bit... (Score:2)
Send them a an email, see what they say.
Missing log day (Score:2, Interesting)
Did anyone else notice this and wonder just what happened at the data centre that day?
Re:Missing log day (Score:4, Funny)
Did anyone else notice this and wonder just what happened at the data centre that day?
Catholics aroudn the world stopped masterbating to porn on that day. Leading to a huge drop in internet usage
Star Wars vs Harry Potter (Score:4, Informative)
Look at the StarWars Movie vs DVD search. The DVD peakes when the movie is released and vice-versa.
Now look at Harry Potter right after it. The peaks coincide with their respective releases.
I'm guessing the chart is just messed...which is really too bad, because I thought the reversal was more interesting.
Are they kidding? (Score:3, Funny)
Ouch... (Score:2)
1. Janet Jackson
2. Hurricane Katrina
3. tsunami
4. xbox 360
5. Brad Pitt
6. Michael Jackson
7. American Idol
8. Britney Spears
9. Angelina Jolie
10. Harry Potter
2, 3 is understandable but the rest...
What a fucking disgrace to humanity
Ummm (Score:2)
Humanity is fine, your ability to look at a subject logical before coming to a conclusion is what you should be worried about.
Re:Ouch... (Score:2)
As for calling her a disgrace to humanity, she's probably done more for children in 3rd world countries than you have.
Ummm.. xbox 360 = the most anticipated product of the year
Britney Spears: Everybody slows down to see a car wreck. Ditto for Michael Jackson.
The rest, I have no clue
I can't help but notice... (Score:2)
Oh no... Microoooogle?!
Image alt tags (Score:2)
I wonder which page they did first?
boring (Score:2)
Re:boring (Score:2)
Yup, you're boring. ;-)
I like Google stories on slashdot because ... (Score:2)
Scary design (Score:2)
but the dark side is a (Score:2)
We need Bill... (Score:2)
He would be so sad...
Browser Stats (Score:2)
John Cardinal Ratzinger (Score:2)
Did you mean: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger [wikipedia.org]?
Spelling flames aside, I'd like to know some absolute numbers. How many queries were there exactly? The diagrams all look the same, one or two peaks at some point.
I don't think the results are quite accurate (Score:2)
1. Janet Jackson titties
2. Hurricane Katrina titties
3. tsunami titties
4. xbox 360 titties
5. Brad Pitt titties
6. Michael Jackson titties
7. American Idol titties
8. Britney Spears titties
9. Angelina Jolie titties
10. Harry Potter titties
You know what I hate? (Score:2)
Re:Top search engine name searches (Score:2)
I tried that, then I hit "I feel lucky."
I'm posting this from the coffee shop down the street, since my office building is still on fire, TYVM!
Re:Top search engine name searches (Score:2, Funny)
That doesn't seem to do anything for me, just clears the search box...
Re:Top search engine name searches (Score:2, Informative)
After all you need to know what sorts of traffic levels which keywords will generate.
Re:So much for Politics... And Apple Owns the Worl (Score:2)
Well there under the World Afairs for the presidential campain. The Administrations Propaganda Machine doing overtime
Something odd about the graphs. . . (Score:2)
Would be interesting to find the real reason.
Re:Something odd about the graphs. . . (Score:2, Interesting)