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A Peek Into the Google

Posted by Hemos on from the going-under-the-hood dept.

A number of people sent in the most recent story from the NYTimes (reg yada yada) from a reporter who visited the Google-land. Interesting story, no real information though, but the ability to see what people are thinking about and interested in is pretty cool.

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  1. Japanese google zeitgeist by ZanshinWedge · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case people were wondering what the Japanese section of the google zeitgeist translated to:

    1. Ragnarok (e.g. Ragnarok Online, an MMORPG)
    2. Gundam
    3. ADSL
    4. Tanaka Kouichi (A pioneer in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy who recently won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
    5. Nobel Prize
    6. JA Net banking (online banking at JA bank)
    7. Harry Potter
    8. Shimadzu Factory (FYI, Tanaka Kouichi works at Shimadzu)
    9. Ring tones
    10. North Korea