Tracking the bizarre things people suddenly search for on Google.
An anonymous reader solved the mystery! I noted in my post yesterday that wigeon and french vanilla ice cream made it back into Google Hot Trends (see the picture above) after showing up mysteriously back in February. I had no idea then why these two would show up suddenly for no reason and had no [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: Mystery, Television, Trends Rule, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Connection | Comments
Dateline MSNBC is really taking this whole “Green” thing to a new level. It had a major story yesterday about them helping people find missing money. It’s a great feel good story in tough economic times. They even had shot like this one showing the unexpected glee on shocked people’s faces as they were told [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: News, Television | Comments
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 [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: A Little Bit of Everything, Press, Television, google, hollywood, music | Comments
I do have to say that I was totally stymied about what possibly could have caused “pontoon” to show up in Google Hot Trends all of a sudden. Summer’s coming, I guess. People need something to float around on and drink beer, blissfully ignoring every maritime rule. But why now? It was an Everyone But [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Jonathan - Everyone But You
Filed under: A Little Bit of Everything, Mystery, Television | Comments
Charities Supported By Solving Google Trends' Mysteries:
Courtesy of Tara's work on Wigeons and French Vanilla Ice Cream
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