Tracking the bizarre things people suddenly search for on Google.

Wigeons and French Vanilla Ice Cream in Google Trends Deja Vu — July 21 — 3:52 PM

For my very observant readers, you’ll see that once again wigeons and french vanilla ice cream have both made it into Google Hot Trends. I say observant not because I assume you can read the words above, but because you might recall that I once wrote about this exact same topic.
I thought that these two [...]

Electric Daisy Carnival Thumping Google Trends–June 28–9:20PM

Some really good news for me looking through Google Trends today. I see that the “Electric Daisy Carnival” made it into the top 10. That must mean there’s some pretty good interest in it, so it’s sure to be an amazing time. What? You don’t know what the Electric Daisy Carnival is? Holy mother of [...]

Navy Federal Credit Union Power Out, But Up on Google — June 17 — 3:15 PM

I’ve been studying Google Hot Trends for a while now and pretty much when six of the 10 results are all related to the same thing, there’s usually a juicy problem to uncover. In this case, we’re talking about the Navy Federal Credit Union. It’s been all over Google Hot Trends all day. The newswires [...]

What Do WPTZ, WNYT, WTEN, Capital News 9 and WRGB Have in Common? –June 10 -4:01 PM

I’ve noticed a number of times where a seemingly random list of television station names suddenly all pop up in Google Hot Trends at once. It took me a while to figure out why. Today I had my revelation courtesy of this map:

The TV stations in Google Hot Trends right now cover the area you [...]

Tomato Recall Makes for Many an Awkward Moment — June 9 –3:30 PM

Just like I said in my post about Jeff Peckman, I never like to comment on stories outside the top 10 of Google Trends. So, I’m going to comment on a story outside the top 10…again. It’s my party after all.
Actually, there’s a good reason for this today. Google Hot Trends is dominated today by [...]

The New X-Files Movie Behind the Peckman Alien Video?

All right, if you saw my last post about Jeff Peckman’s Alien Video, you’re probably wonder a lot of the same things that I am. First, what’s with this guy? It really, really odd that someone is petitioning the city council of a major US city, Denver, to set up an Extraterrestrial Committee. Second, he [...]

Jeff Peckman’s Alien Video and Why Google Loves Crackpots — May 30 –12:30 PM

Usually, I like only to comment on items in the top 10 of Google Hot Trends, but this one was too good to pass up and I’m positive that it’ll make the top 10 sometime today. Let’s talk about “Alien Video.” It seems that Denver’s resident crackpot, Jeff Peckman is going to show a video [...]

SAT Scores…Your Life Summarized in One Number — May 22 — 12:10 PM

Today thousands of high school kids will learn the direction of their life by going online and checking out their score on the SAT. Yep, that’s what the SAT is all about…do well and you’ll live a life of leisure, luxury, and prosperity. Do crappy and…well…you may as well forget about ever owning a [...]

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