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Friday, 26 December 2008

Oxymoronic Google Trends

Posted on 09:04 by Unknown
Randall Munroe from xkcd imagines some correlations between Google searches and people that are unlikely to use them. The #1 US state for [men kissing] is indeed Utah, but the other correlations are made up.


Tip: track the fastest rising queries from your region using the Insight for Search gadget.

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