Comments on: Sense-making with Google Trends http://www.starchamber.com/2006/08/sense-making-with-google-trends.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2006/08/sense-making-with-google-trends.html#comment-954 Ned Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:42:51 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1295#comment-954 Punxsutawney is good. I also like how, if you're having trouble remembering when Robert Burns Night is, you can always look for peak "haggis". Punxsutawney is good. I also like how, if you’re having trouble remembering when Robert Burns Night is, you can always look for peak “haggis”.

]]> By: Mike http://www.starchamber.com/2006/08/sense-making-with-google-trends.html#comment-953 Mike Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:50:34 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1295#comment-953 It's good to see the Show-Me state is the most curious about "Christmas" each year: "what is this C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S that I hear those people from Illinois talking about? Maybe the Googles will know!" I would hazard a guess that the most commonly associated search term from St. Louis is either "lights" or "displays" considering recent local trends. That aside, why no mention of <a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=punxsutawney" rel="nofollow">Punxsutawney</a>, Dr. Paracelsus? It’s good to see the Show-Me state is the most curious about “Christmas” each year: “what is this C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S that I hear those people from Illinois talking about? Maybe the Googles will know!” I would hazard a guess that the most commonly associated search term from St. Louis is either “lights” or “displays” considering recent local trends.

That aside, why no mention of Punxsutawney, Dr. Paracelsus?

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