![]() ![]() Since Mike Pence was once the governor of Indiana, this makes more sense if the time period covered precedes his nomination as Trump's running mate. " Bigfoot" vs " Mike Pence": Apparently, everywhere except for Indiana, people in the US are more interested in a mythical hairy creature than in the current (at the time of this comic's release) Vice President of the United States.This may have something to do with the fact that Las Vegas is in Nevada. " Best church" vs " best strip club": This map would seem to indicate people in Nevada (and only in Nevada) are more interested in strip clubs than religion.In the map, a tiny part of North Carolina (specifically on the Outer Banks) is miscolored red compared to the rest of the state being blue. However, the results are fairly obvious: in the colder northern and eastern states, " frostbite" is the more common search, while across the south and west, it's " heat stroke". " Frostbite" vs " heat stroke": This is probably the most sensible comparison of the lot, showing which of these two risks of exposure people search up more often.States in gray did not return enough data for Google Trends to consider it significant. However, none of them seem to show any especially useful comparisons. As noted at the top of the comic, all of these based on real queries (though not reflecting the same time period across all maps). Each map colors in states according to which of two (or more) search queries was more popular. Randall has created several Google Trends maps of search activity in the US. Used improperly, it can simply amplify random noise. Used properly, it can give a picture of what topics people are interested in (as evidenced by what they search for) at particular times and in different places. Google Trends is a website for visualizing Google search activity by date and region. You're frantically studying up on etiquette and/or sexting. ![]() The entire country is gripped with Marco Rubio fever except for Alaska, which is freaking out. ![]()
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