Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts

What Can Google Teach Us About Relationships?

Google auto-complete has proved to be very revealing feature about our society.
When you type something in, it brings up the most searched and goggled phrases that, in the algorithms eyes, best complete what you're about to say.
Sometimes it's downright spot on, lending credence to that whole 'if you have a question, 5 other people do too' saying my teachers always used to say when nobody would ever raise their hand.
But sometimes, it's a bit wierd...

How do people feel about their boyfriends?
What about their girlfriends?

So there's a decent amount of syncing up there. Looks like pretty much everyone is suspicious of their partners, terrified of being pregnant, and seriously doubting their mates character, considering the amount of 'is my girlfriend/boyfriend cheating on me' variants that appear.
Of course, I'm sure that all changes when you get married...

How do people feel about their husbands...
...and wives?

Surprise, surprise...the exact same trends emerge.

What Can Google Teach Us About Life? March Edition.

This is part of a (someday) long running series where I post what Google auto-complete seems to feel is the burning questions of the month by asking it the very elementary What, Why, When, Where, and How?

These are the results on March 1st, 2010.
For next months results, go to (next month hasn't happened yet.)
Pretty boring for this month.


I am so curious to now why people were asking google 'Why can't I own a Canadian?' 
Also, I wonder if there is a faint overlap between the 'Why is my poop green' and 'Why do dogs eat poop' people?

Where is Santa right now? In March? Seriously? Probably has something to do with the Justin Bieber mania. 
It's a bit sad that Haiti is so close and nobody seems to know where it is, though I guess it's good that they're looking.


When will I die? You're asking Google that?

How to kiss, how to lose weight fast, how to get pregnant. It almost tells a story.

Well, there's the March 2010 results. Click here to go to the next month and see what's changed!