Tracking the bizarre things people suddenly search for on Google.

Alligator Gar or Fishgator and Why Google Loves Monsters — July 31 — 12:40 PM

Well, Google Trends does love the strange creatures of this world and apparently. We’re fascinated with them as well (actually, you’re fascinated, I didn’t search for any of these things). Today it’s Montauk Monsters, Alligator Gars, and Fishgators. A few months ago, the big hit was Giant Sea Spiders. What ever happened to searching for [...]

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 [...]

Gam and Pod: Two Things You Can’t Live Without–July 10–3:45 PM

Most of my frequent visitors know that it’s pretty rare that I decide to comment on something outside the top 10 in Google Trends, but today is one of those days. I got really bored with all the other options presented to me. As is pretty common, there’s always an athlete in trouble on the [...]

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