On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:27:48AM +1100, Sam Lawrance wrote: > > On 26/11/2006, at 10:16 AM, Lindsay Holmwood wrote: > > >More telling though.... > > > >Ubuntu vs Mac: > >http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+mac&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all > > Is that a big mac or an apple mac? Or maybe a MAC address? > > >Ubuntu vs Apple: > >http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+apple&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all > > A pink lady apple, or some other variety? I know that I like to > google my fruit. >
Unfortunately trends only graphs the results of what people typed into the search box, not necessarily what they were searching for, though I expect to see that in version 2. :-) That said, based off the results the search gives, the results are computer related both times. Also, if you look at the news results for both trends, they're entirely technology related. Granted, comparing "ubuntu" and "apple" is probably going to be slightly unrepresentative as people will look up fruit, though the mac thing is a bit more clear cut. When comparing the results between "mac" and "big mac"... http://www.google.com/trends?q=mac%2C+big+mac&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all ...mac wins hands down, even when comparing "apple mac" and "big mac": http://www.google.com/trends?q=apple+mac%2C+big+mac&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all A non-techie probably isn't going to know what OS X is, but they do know they like the look of those shiny Apple Mac things - and that's what they'll Google for. I absolutely agree that my original trends are probably unrepresentative to various degrees, though probably more accurate than comparing just "osx" and "ubuntu" when you take the general populace into account. Lindsay -- http://slug.org.au/ (Sydney Linux Users Group) http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ (linux.conf.au 2007) http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/ (me) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
