Jeremy David » Zeitgeist http://www.jeremydavid.com/old Jeremy David's Variety Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is Google Zeitgeist Lying To Us? http://www.jeremydavid.com/old/2007/03/01/is-google-zeitgeist-lying-to-us/ http://www.jeremydavid.com/old/2007/03/01/is-google-zeitgeist-lying-to-us/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:01:08 +0000 Jeremy David http://www.jeremydavid.com/?p=201 The Google Press Center Zeitgeist showcases the most popular search terms… but there seems to be something missing from the list. Now I might be mistaken, but I think it is pretty safe to assume that there are a lot of people out there using Google to find pornography. I remember I read a website that reported 40% of all searches on Google were for adult websites (unfortunately, I cannot seem to find that page again). I would have thought at least one or two of the top Google terms would have been something adult-esque.

Now don’t get me wrong. I honestly do not care if the top search term is sex or not. I do, however, care if companies are providing misinformation. I guess I have two questions.

  1. Are the figures presnted to us on the Google Zeitgeist accurate?
  2. If not, why is Google censoring / lying to us?

I’m interested to hear what you think. Am I completely off my rocker, or is there something missing from Google’s reports?

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