[Taxacom] Google Trends

[Jim Croft]

Well!  You guys might scoff, but I do not think I have ever seen a
more convincing argument for Special Creation!  And now we have a
confirmed date!  There is a graph with coloured lines on it so the
science is obviously very good!

jim

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Arthur Chapman <taxacom3 at achapman.org> wrote:
> 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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"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)