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Using Google to track cryptids

May 17, 2022 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The travel site Next Vacay has used what people search for to work out where in the world we might see cryptids.

How? Here’s what they say;

We utilized our keyword tool to identify countries and states which had high levels of search volume in relation to these cryptids, as well as associated terms ([Cryptid] Real, [Cryptid] sightings, [Cryptid]. For each cryptid, we divided the search volume by the country’s population, which provided us with the country that had the highest search volume per capita. A limitation present in this study is that we were unable to look into each country’s search volume for cryptids in their native language. Additionally, we could not consider every local variation of the cryptid’s name. The country with the highest search volume for each cryptid was avoided, as only a couple of countries dominated due to the size of their population.

Cryptids of the world

Using Google to track cryptids

There are some weird stats and Next Vacay noticed that California gets a lot of people searching vampires whereas Georiga looks for mermaids and worryingly Texas focuses on chupacabra.

Where in the world are Banshee?

Where in the world are Elves?

Where in the world are Werewolves?

Where in the world are Unicorns?

Where in the world are Mermaids?

Where in the world are Fairies?

Where in the world are Vampires?

Where in the world are Yeti?

Where in the world are Leprechaun?

Where in the world are Chupacabras?

Where in the world are Bunyip?

Where in the world are Jumbee?

Where in the world are Kappa?

Where in the world are Kraken?

Where in the world are Ningen?

Where in the world are Wendigo?

Where in the world are Bigfoot?

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What do you make of the work? A useful tool or just a marketing stunt?

These are the most alien-obsessed European countries

April 29, 2021 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Psychic World looked at data on how often people research aliens to work out which countries are the most obsessed about aliens.

The marketing effort is designed to help promote the site and the cost-per-minute phone lines it enables, but, hey, it worked to grab my attention here.

The top twenty European countries for alien searches

Psychic World and their marketing agency looked at only people searching for the word alien to get this data. They noticed that this year there had been more searches than last year, a lot more, 89% more.

The top twenty European countries for alien searches

The UK tops the poll with 624,000 searches every year. That’s about 1,700 people every day turning to Google just to type in [aliens] and see what happens.

France, which has roughly the same number of people as the UK, had 35% fewer searches, about 408,000. But it’s possible, likely even, they were using the word “alien” again rather than “étranger”.

That might be a flaw in the approach.

The site also discovered common questions people had about aliens.

The five top questions people ask about aliens

  1. What would an alien look like? (13,200 searches a year)
  2. How do aliens contact (12,000 searches a year)
  3. What are aliens (8,4000 searches a year)
  4. Where are the aliens (6,000 searches a year)
  5. Why would aliens come to earth (3,000 searches a year)

Interesting? I thought so, but remember many people who understand the tarot or believe themselves to have psychic powers will offer their time for free.

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Do you believe that there might be intelligent extraterrestrial life out there?

We’re all better off if we share

June 9, 2015 by Andrew Leave a Comment

It’s Global Sharing Week and the Sharing Economy is booming.

sharing-week

This infographic from Liftshare, a car sharing market place, is a good one. In true spirit of the sharing economy they’ve shared the graphic with a half dozen other sharing economy companies and while Liftshare could help you get to London on the cheap and green we get to see other ways we’d all benefit if we share.

I think Fareshare looks especially good. They take unused food from supermarkets, and with help from drivers, take it to food banks.

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You can read more about Global Sharing Week on the official site and learn about the People Who Share movement.

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