Google Trends
Google Trends is a tool from Google Labs that shows the most popularly searched terms from the beginning of 2004 to now.
Google Trends charts how often a particular search term is entered relative the total search volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. The horizontal axis of the main graph represents time (starting from some time in 2004), and the vertical is how often a term is searched for relative to the total number of searches, globally. Below the main graph, popularity is broken down by region, city and language. It is possible to refine the main graph by region and time period.
Google Trends also allows the user to compare the volume of searches between two or more terms. An additional feature of Google Trends is in its ability to show news related to the search term overlaid on the chart showing how new events affect search popularity.
Google search for "spanking"
Since 2004, Google Trends shows a steady slow decline in web searches for the term spanking. The term is mostly searched from the following countries (as of March 2008):
- U.K. (population 60,000,000) - Renfrew, Milton Keynes, Luton, ...
- Ireland (population 4,000,000 **) - Tallacht, Limerick, Cork, ...
- Denmark* (population 5,000,000 **) - Gentofte, Roskilde, Holbaek, ...
- U.S. (population 299,000,000) - Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St Louis, ...
- Germany* (population 82,000,000) - Wesel, Bochum, Wuppertal, ...
- Canada (population 33,000,000) - St John's, St Catharines, Richmond Hill, ...
- Switzerland* (population 8,000,000 **) - Pratteln, Interlaken, Otelfingen, ...
- Sweden* (population 9,000,000 **) - Trollhattan, Uppsala, Norrkoping, ...
- Austria* (population 8,000,000 **)
- Australia (population 21,000,000) - Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, ...
(*) notable as a non-English-speaking country
(**) notable to have so many searches despite its comparatively small population
See also
Links
- Google Trends
- Example: "spanking" on Google Trends
- Example: "spanking, BDSM" on Google Trends
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