Google Trends
Google Trends
Bloggers were recently amused to discover that, according to Google Trends, the search term: "men kissing" is most popular in conservative Utah. A few other embarrassing correlations:
[A two column table] [On the left side of the table:] Search Term
Installing Ubuntu
Running for President in 2010
Lincoln Fan Fiction
Raptors on Hoverboards
How is babby formed?
I hate this website
[On the right side of the table:] Top City
Redmond, WA
Wasilla, AK
Chicago, IL
Somerville, MA
Wasilla, AK
Mountain View, CA

Google keeps track of which searches are most popular in which regions as part of more general data mining to improve their service. For the enjoyment/education of others, they release select, non-personal parts of this data under the banner " Google Trends ."
The first statistic – that "Men kissing" was popular in Utah , a state known for possessing a large population with very conservative social values, including opposition to homosexuality – is real. The others are made up for the sake of the joke. In order:
With regards to the excerpt Randall provides in the title text:
Bloggers were recently amused to discover that, according to Google Trends, the search term: "men kissing" is most popular in conservative Utah. A few other embarrassing correlations:
[A two column table] [On the left side of the table:] Search Term
Installing Ubuntu
Running for President in 2010
Lincoln Fan Fiction
Raptors on Hoverboards
How is babby formed?
I hate this website
[On the right side of the table:] Top City
Redmond, WA
Wasilla, AK
Chicago, IL
Somerville, MA
Wasilla, AK
Mountain View, CA
