Outrageous Google Trends That Make Us Question Hummanity (pics included)

[Kerrytravelers]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/08/outrageous-google-trends_n_529291.html

Google trends is a really useful tool if you want to learn more about how people use the Internet. It's also really helpful for figuring out how ridiculous people are. You have to remember that these are collective data - many different people have to search for the same thing in order for it to become a hot trend. How so many people could want to sleep with their sisters, care more about "American Idol" than climate change, or not know who MERYL Streep is, totally confounds us. These screen shots are hilarious proof of how little we know, and how bizarre our queries can really get.



We really don't want to know why this was a query, unless female dogs have figured out how to Google things.


Perhaps it has something to do with National Margarita Day?


On Feb 27, most people were worried about a potential tsunami. Oh, except that one guy worried about his "inverted nipples." Ouch!


It seems like every year less people care about dating and more people care about masturbation. Bye bye human race!


What's more sad? The amount of people who don't understand what UNIcorn means is the amount or the amount of people searching for "old hag syndrome."


After the oscar nominees were announced, everyone came online to Google the nominees, including a new one: Mary Streep. Sadly, Meryl Streep was not a trend that day.


We're not sure what happened in '06, but the more alarming fact is how close these search terms were before that.


One day, it appeared numerous people were searching for "F*** You Google" in a modified upside-down text. Collective prank or Google glitch?


Ok, a lot of people were excited about Easter, but really? What could Google possibly tell you about the whereabouts of a fictional giant bunny?


If people could text to vote on stopping climate change, maybe it'd be as popular as a national talent contest.


Googling Google 10 times in a row? Maybe they thought Google would crash, but Google is too smart for us all.


In the beginning of 2006, Chuck Norris surpassed the popularity of "boobs" on the Internet. However, "boobs" quickly recovered. Even Chuck Norris is no match for the Internet's love of boobs.


If the date (April 1st) is any implication, Google's April Fool's joke of changing its name to "Topeka" had the Internet a little too fooled.


Every Christmas, it's apparent what matters most to people: cheap stuff.



*Comments below each screen shot is from HuffPo, not kt. :)

[rrneck]

1. WalMart v Jesus

:rofl:

[Aristus]

2. On a serious note here, a retracted or inverted nipple can be a sign of breast cancer.

So that answers that one...

http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/breasthealth/sbe/sbe_breastcancersigns.htm

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks. See, you learn something everyday.

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

7. It's a fairly common breastfeeding problem.

Usually the way to fix it is to have the woman wear special nipple shields (little plastic headlight covers) for the last few weeks of pregnancy and as her milk comes in.

[Kerrytravelers]

9. See, it's one of those things Moms get to know. I'm not a Mom. So many things elude me.

:)

[GirlAfire]

4. Now I Really Want to Google "Old Hag Syndrome" n/t

[NoPasaran]

5. I thought the Bactrian Unicorn had two

[Kerrytravelers]

6. Now you went and made me look up Bactrian Unicorn.

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff#hl=en&source=hp&q=Bactrian+Unicorn&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=a2bb30ecf4f91972

Let's start a Google Trend! :rofl:

[XemaSab]

8. I did my bit

:D

[swimboy]

10. I did too.

:thumbsup:

[victoryparty]

11. Google Trends has nothing on Twitter trends during Obama's State of the Union

Full story: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5120979-twitter-trends-for-obama-speech-us-tweets-itampon-rest-of-the-world-focuses-on-state-of-the-union

TOP TWITTER TRENDS FOLLOWING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, 1-27-10

(all times Eastern Standard Time)

WORLDWIDE, 7:10 p.m. (Around the time Obama finished speaking)

SOTU (short for State of the Union)

Union Address

#nowplaying

#stateoftheunion

President Obama

Republicans

Nancy Pelosi

Potus

United States

Congress

UNITED STATES, 7:11 p.m.

#itampon

#ipad

#nowthatsghetto

Apple iPad

iBooks

MaxiPAd

Union address

MadTV

iTablet

Howard Zinn