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13-06-2008, 01:26
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sailboat vs motorboat - sailboat wins
On
google
trends the word sailboat is searched 26.5 to 1 as compared to motorboat. Concrete evidence that sailing is better and more desirable.
Google Trends: sailboat, motorboat
Oh yeah, in case you were wondering... Good vs Evil, Good wins 3.64 to 1
Google Trends: good, evil
its a pretty neat tool, just don't compare
monohull
to catamaran
13-06-2008, 06:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Born to Cruise
On
google
trends the word sailboat is searched 26.5 to 1 as compared to motorboat. Concrete evidence that sailing is better and more desirable.
Google Trends: sailboat, motorboat
Oh yeah, in case you were wondering... Good vs Evil, Good wins 3.64 to 1
Google Trends: good, evil
its a pretty neat tool, just don't compare
monohull
to catamaran
Interesting to compare 'catamaran' to 'sailboat'.
And *ahem* please compare harvard, yale, princeton, and
columbia
to see which is
really
the top
learning
institution in the world.
Google Trends: harvard university, princeton university, yale university, columbia university
Go Lions!
13-06-2008, 13:04
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Alan Wheeler
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A trend does not show the reason or question however.
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14-06-2008, 07:38
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If you read the sample listings comparing sailbot to motorboat the searches seem to be about sailboat sinkings and missing people and "ordeals at sea"...
Be careful how you read
single
point data ouit of context - LOL...
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19-06-2008, 02:28
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This agains goes back to my good old friend Samuel; .....Lies,damn lies and Statistics. I believe most here know the lead up to that one.
Have a good day.
Michael
20-06-2008, 06:29
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anotherT34C
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Of course, you're not really meant to take it seriously when extended out beyond 'what is google searched more?'.
Google Trends: hunter sailboat, catalina sailboat
20-06-2008, 13:41
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Born to Cruise
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Google Trends: midget wrestling, nude sailing
Midget wrestling is up on nude sailing over the last twelve months...
I am tooo bored....
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