Recently I saw posts on Gothamist and Slice about Google Trends, so I decided to try it out for myself. I put in some random terms and messed around with the results. Then I put in my name, just to see what would come up. Seems my first name is pretty popular in the Philippines and in the Tagalog language.
12 responses so far ↓
1 mom // May 13, 2006 at 12:16 pm
So, who is searching for you from the Philippines? And what language is Tagalog? is that like Pigin?
2 catalog // May 13, 2006 at 12:53 pm
This is f…. crazy…
Kagofa some pizza? i know a place where pizza is dynamite…
3 catalog // May 13, 2006 at 12:53 pm
This is f…. crazy…
Kagofa some pizza? i know a place where pizza is dynamite…
4 Kelly // May 13, 2006 at 6:22 pm
That’s neat, Shell. I did Tessa’s and hers was interesting. The U.S. didn’t even register in the top 10! Neat find.
5 rachelle // May 14, 2006 at 3:45 pm
mom, not searching for me. searching for the term “rachelle”. this is a tool that shows trends based on google’s history. you can look up anything - pizza, tessa, manhattan, any word, or combination of words.
but since the most people searching for “rachelle” were from the philippines, it made me wonder if that’s a popular name there. tagalog is the language spoken there.
6 Chris // May 14, 2006 at 5:13 pm
You can also install a script for Google Analytics. To sign up for an account go here http://www.google.com/analytics/
It’s really kinda cool.
7 Chris // May 14, 2006 at 5:15 pm
You can also install a script for Google Analytics. To sign up for an account go here http://www.google.com/analytics/
It’s really kinda cool.
8 Jonathan Casuncad // May 14, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I’m from the Philippines and I can’t explain why Rachelle is being searched for at all.
9 Joe // May 14, 2006 at 6:07 pm
Ooh, I had to look this up. Rachelle Ann Go is a popular singer in the Philippines. She won the Philippine version of American Idol a couple of years ago and has had several hit songs. The whole story is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachelle_Ann_Go
10 Ivy // May 14, 2006 at 7:15 pm
I have a recent obsession with google trends. Did you know President Bush and Saddam are but equal in popularity? And, gawker trumps jossip…by far.
11 Ivy // May 14, 2006 at 7:16 pm
I have a recent obsession with google trends. Did you know President Bush and Saddam are about equal in popularity? And, gawker trumps jossip…by far.
12 rachelle // May 15, 2006 at 9:51 pm
thanks for solving the mystery, joe!
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