More fun to have while I take a break from writing. Google Trends is sort of a build-your-own Zeitgeist where you can track the popularity of words and phrases in search queries as well as in the news. It’s even got geographic specificity. Here are a few interesting ones to play with:
Peak Oil
John Kerry
Global Warming
Katrina
BioDiesel
Kyoto Protocol
Google Trends of 3P Relevance
By Nick Aster | May 11th, 2006 
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May 25, 2006 at 11:15 am PDT | Jesse Jenkins writes:
That is interesting. In particular, I was interested to see Portland, OR show up on the top of both the biodiesel and Peak Oil trends and to see a four or five major Australian cities at the top of the list for both the Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol searches. Yah for new Google toys to procrastinate with…
December 06, 2006 at 12:12 pm PST | Save and Conserve writes:
Usage of the phrase “peak oil” seems to be on the decline in 2006. I drill into this here at Save and Conserve
Check it out if you have time,
Tom