[Yhslug] Google to Show Daily List of Hot Topics

[Matt Good]

I don't know if they have a method built in to avoid "Google-bombing", 
but since it's based on *rising* trends simply maintaining a high search 
volume for a term would not show up.  It sounds like terms would need to 
show a rapid increase in popularity, so I assume they'll drop off the 
list once the volume levels off.  So, abusing it for any extended time 
period should be rather difficult.

-- Matt

Matthew Gallagher wrote:
> Well if it's that easily gamed, then what's the point of a list like 
> that.
> Google engineers are algorimaniacs(is that a word?) I'm sure its a 
> combination of things.
>
> On 5/22/07, *Phil Shapiro* <pshapiro at his.com 
> <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>> wrote:
>
>     hi yhslug community,
>
>       next monday -- a few short days after ubuntu computers start to
>     get sold by
>     dell, google will unveil a new feature that shows a daily list of
>     the 100
>     hottest topics people are searching for (excluding celebrities.)
>
>         thank you, google. (see below.)  almost assuredly ubuntu is
>     going to be
>     showing up on that list.
>
>         if you happen to have any curiousity about ubuntu, this is a
>     good time to
>     use google to search for more information about it. i've forgotten
>     what the web
>     site is for ubuntu, but google can find it for you quickly.  :-)
>
>          please tell your friends that this is a great time to have
>     some curiosity
>     about ubuntu. seek and ye shall find.
>
>           "woke up this morning with my mind set on freedom."  (title
>     and lyrics of
>     a song from the civil rights movement.)
>
>                    - phil
>
>     yes, and by all means, if you have any curiosity about linux,
>     don't go directly
>     to any linux web site.  search for them.
>
>
>
>
>
>     May 22, 1:43 AM EDT
>
>
>     Google to Show Daily List of Hot Topics
>
>
>     MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc. is going to start
>     sharing more
>     insights about what's on its users' minds by showing a daily list
>     of the 100
>     hottest topics on its Internet-leading search engine.
>
>     The new rankings will be unveiled late Monday in an upgrade of
>     Google's "trends"
>     service. The breakdown will consist of the fastest-rising search
>     requests on any
>     given day.
>
>
>
>     --
>     Phil Shapiro  pshapiro at his.com <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>
>     http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro
>     http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
>     http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
>     "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates
>     "Learning happens through gentleness."
>
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