[Taxacom] Google Trends

[Arthur Chapman]

And a single angiosperm a little earlier than multiple ones!

http://google.com/trends?q=angiosperm%2C+angiosperms&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 
<http://google.com/trends?q=angiosperm%2C+angiosperms&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0>

Arthur Chapman

Peter Stevens wrote:
> Search results show without a shadow of doubt that angiosperms   
> evolved only in 2006.
>
> P.
> On May 15, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Jim Croft wrote:
>
>   
>> ok, now that we are well and truly into full game mode, try  
>> 'biodiversity':
>> http://www.google.com/trends? 
>> q=biodiversity&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>> and note the steady and inexorable decline in interest.
>>
>> This shows the same general pattern as interest in 'insects' - a
>> rigourous annual cycle with a sharp dip in jan/feb.  Interestingly the
>> distribution seems to be bimodal (spring/autumn?) and you can see this
>> in the 'insects' trends as well.  The steady overall decline in in
>> interest in matters biodiversity in government and media is something
>> we have felt here for some time - it ceased to be flavour of the month
>> almost to the extent of becoming a dirty word.
>>
>> Try also 'taxonomy' for a similar downward trend:
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=taxonomy&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>
>> To convince yourselves we are not dealing with an artifact, try  
>> 'wiki':
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki&ctab=0
>>
>> Have fun.  Apologies in advance to management everywhere for wasting
>> the rest of the working week as people check out the decline or
>> ascension of their personal passions.
>>
>> jim
>>
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Weitzman, Anna <WEITZMAN at si.edu>  
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> Good point Jim.  And 2004 the spring/early summer in NE US when  
>>> the 17-year cicada emerged.
>>>
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of Jim Croft
>>> Sent: Thu 15-May-08 8:36 PM
>>> To: Bob Mesibov
>>> Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; Jim.Croft at environment.gov.au
>>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Google Trends
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I like the rigourous annual cycle of interest in 'insects',
>>> correlating with N hemisphere warmer months...
>>>
>>> jim
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Bob Mesibov  
>>> <mesibov at southcom.com.au> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> This Google tool, apparently still in development, gives some  
>>>> curious
>>>> results. Look at the patterns for 'insects'
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/trends? 
>>>> q=insects&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>>>
>>>> 'entomology'
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/trends? 
>>>> q=entomology&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>>>
>>>> and 'coleoptera'
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/trends? 
>>>> q=coleoptera&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>>>
>>>> Many biodiversity-related search terms (including 'biodiversity')  
>>>> show a
>>>> downward trend over the past few years. To show that Trends can also
>>>> show a steadily rising trend, enter 'Ubuntu' (a Linux version)  
>>>> and click
>>>> on Search Trends. To see a flash in the pan, try 'tsunami'.
>>>>
>>>> And see
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/intl/en/trends/about.html
>>>>
>>>> for Google's explanation of Trends.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to TAXACOMer Jim Croft for pointing me to Trends!
>>>> --
>>>> Dr Robert Mesibov
>>>> Honorary Research Associate
>>>> Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and
>>>> School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
>>>> Home contact: PO Box 101, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia 7316
>>>> (03) 64371195; 61 3 64371195
>>>> http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/mesibov.html
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> _________________
>>> Jim Croft
>>> jim.croft at gmail.com
>>>
>>> "I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in
>>> order to enjoy ourselves."
>>> - Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
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>>
>> -- 
>> _________________
>> Jim Croft
>> jim.croft at gmail.com
>>
>> "I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in
>> order to enjoy ourselves."
>> - Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
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