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Visualizing Searches Over Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the half-past-chat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Chris Harrison has built a visualization that explores what people are doing online over time. He explains, 'Search engines are the gateway to the internet for most people, and so search queries provide insight into what people are doing and thinking. In order to examine millions of search queries, I built a simple, cyclical, clock-like visualization that displays the top search terms over a 24-hour period.' Interesting to see that the masses online have fairly coherent and consistent search behaviors. He also investigates the notorious AOL dataset."

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  1. Interesting. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, well. From the graphic, it looks like the main purpose of search is music, games, and porn. Interesting.

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    1. Re:Interesting. by mwvdlee · · Score: 2, Funny

      On a completely different subject, does anybody know where I can find soundtrack CD's for adult computer entertainment products?

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  2. Re:Locale? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even back in 1997 they [Europeans] must have accounted for a fair chunk of searches.

    Yeah, I'm searching for "more insulting understatements from isolated Americans", right now.

  3. Re:My new hobby... by spazmolytic666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's a real weird one: what killed searching for Soviet Russia in 2004?

    In Soviet Russia the searching kills you?

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  4. Ran tool for searches by /.ers by fishthegeek · · Score: 1, Funny

    and here is how it looks.

    24HR Results Top 3 searches:
    1. Pr0n
    2. Porn
    3. Beowulf Clusters of Porn

    1 Week Top 3 searches:
    1. Porn
    2. P0rn
    3.Soviet Russian Porn

    1 Month Top 3 searches:
    1. Pornography
    2. Goatse
    3. BDSM overlord porn

    Kinda makes you think....

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