I think empath is right; they must have filtered those out. posted by Kirth Gerson at 10:20 AM on December 11, 2012
The first two links are solely UK search results and are reporting on the same list. I looked around, there is no US or global list yet. posted by charlie don't surf at 10:27 AM on December 11, 2012
"There's much [more inside]" Works on the front page. posted by salishsea at 10:31 AM on December 11, 2012
where's Waldo? posted by mule98J at 10:32 AM on December 11, 2012
I like to think of all those UK Google searchers for Homeland watching the show and believing it to be an accurate representation of the Central Intelligence Agency. posted by Egg Shen at 10:52 AM on December 11, 2012
Yeah, these are clearly filtered. Every time I've seen unfiltered searches like 7 of the top 10 have been "Kim Kardashian", "Kate Upton", and so on. posted by Justinian at 10:59 AM on December 11, 2012
Also: I only see the top searches in the UK. The list in the first link is identical to the UK list in the second link. posted by Justinian at 11:01 AM on December 11, 2012
I am not familiar with many of these things/names/events (in the Google lists).
I do think the whole exercise is invalidated by this category (despite its not being bolded like the others):
Most searched divorces/break-ups on Google
what
I would like to maybe see the most searched phrases starting with "how do I". posted by Glinn at 11:18 AM on December 11, 2012
Most searched divorces/break-ups on Google
what
I would like to maybe see the most searched phrases starting with "how do I"
how do i tell if my wife is cheating on me
how do i kill my husband posted by DU at 11:34 AM on December 11, 2012
The lack of explanation for the April Jones search is a little puzzling. All the stories I've seen about the UK results have just skipped from 4 to 6. posted by fullerine at 12:16 PM on December 11, 2012
charlie don't surf: : "The first two links are solely UK search results and are reporting on the same list. I looked around, there is no US or global list yet."
Hmm, yes, I think you're right. That's interesting; what I thought when I made the post was that Google had a world, or general, top search list (link 1), which various .uk sites had then filtered for the UK (link 2).
Item, there's much...
...anticipation! posted by misha at 12:37 PM on December 11, 2012
Welcome to my world. posted by item at 8:09 PM on December 11, 2012
I'd be a lot more interested in the actual data with a year-to-year comparison; you can find what stuff is more popular this year vs. last year with that (because no one's searching for things that aren't popular/existant yet). The way this is presented (as a puff piece without any data or methodology information) makes it hard to draw actual interesting conclusions.
But then I also just like seeing top google searches because I'm curious what sex stuff the congregate of humanity is into and how terrible they are at spelling the names for those acts. posted by NoraReed at 9:40 PM on December 11, 2012
Is Netflix in the UK now? posted by panaceanot at 12:57 AM on December 12, 2012
Get it straight from the horse's mouth, as it were, free of random journos' blather, and with a minimum of Google's own blather. posted by ardgedee at 6:28 AM on December 12, 2012 [1 favorite]
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