[FRIAM] Google Trends - plus an unexpected(?) result

[Bill Eldridge]

Robert Holmes wrote:
> Google now offer a product called Google Trends 
> (http://www.google.com/trends) which aggregates peoples' searches by 
> city, region etc. It's been described as "a place holder for the 
> intentions of humankind — a massive database of desires, needs, wants, 
> and likes that can be discovered, subpoenaed, archived, tracked, and 
> exploited to all sorts of ends." (From the New York Times 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05leonhardt.html?ex=1152763200&en=94404589c34afe7e&ei=5070&emc=eta1 
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05leonhardt.html?ex=1152763200&en=94404589c34afe7e&ei=5070&emc=eta1>)
>
> Anyway, just for fun I type in LANL. The "Cities" tab gives the 
> expected results:
> 1. 	*Los Alamos*, NM, USA 	
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> 2. 	*Livermore*, CA, USA 	
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> 3. 	*Santa Fe*, NM, USA 	
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> 4. 	*Oak Ridge*, TN, USA 	
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> 5. 	*Albuquerque*, NM, USA 	
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> The "Regions" tab is altogether more intriguing.
> 1. 	*Iran* 	
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> 2. 	*United States* 	
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> 3. 	*India* 	
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> Time to call our friends at Homeland Security?
>
Not until you make sure that "lanl" doesn't mean "holiday spice cake" in 
Persian ;-)

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