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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Ahhh, Google


I would like to take a moment to say "Thank You" to the newly released Google Trends for allowing me to give a big "Suck It!" to religious zealots the world over.

In case you are not aware, Google Trends allows users to view search trends based on geography and language. Using this new tool I did a simple test on the most searched-for term on the internet - sex. The results can be viewed in the screen caps below.

Sex Results - World


Sex Results - United States


As you can clearly see, when including the entire world the result list was dominated by Middle Eastern countries... and Poland. When limiting the search to just the United States you have you typical sex-depraved cities of Elmhurst, IL, Oklahoma City, OK, Pleasanton, CA and Meriden, CT, but also Salt Lake City manages to wrap up a ranking of eighth.

We can obviously disregard Poland's surprising entry as they were likely to be either looking up a definition of sex or some sort of instruction manual for how it is done. However, I find the Middle Eastern and Salt Lake City representations interesting. Two regions that are mostly well-known for being the seats of religions which infamously disrespect women also seem to be some of the biggest sexual perverts. Two regions that constantly bash most of the world for being seduced and corrupted by western (American) culture seem to be guilty as well. Can you say hypocrite? Looks like someone's been calling the kettle black...

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