May 17, 2006

If the Mullah Isn't Watching...

Google offers an interesting new feature, Google Trends ("See what the world is searching for.") It tells one, if one asks nicely, where and in which language a certain search term is primarily in demand.

Of course, I couldn't resist to search for the searchers of

Sex
By city:
1. Cairo Egypt
2. Chennai India
3. Delhi India
4. Ankara Turkey
5. Istanbul Turkey
By language:
1. Vietnamese
2. Arabic
3. Turkish
4. Polish
5. Romanian
By region:
1. Pakistan
2. Egypt
3. Viet Nam
4. Iran
5. Morocco

Fuck
By city:
1. Delhi India
2. Sydney Australia
3. Seattle United States
4. Melbourne Australia
5. Los Angeles United States
By language:
1. Arabic
2. Swedish
3. English
4. Danish
5. German
By region:
1. Iran
2. India
3. Norway
4. Saudi Arabia
5. New Zealand

Porn
By city:
1. Adana Turkey
2. Lima Peru
3. Izmir Turkey
4. Ankara Turkey
5. Istanbul Turkey
By language:
1. Turkish
2. Indonesian
3. Lithuanian
4. Romanian
5. Spanish
By region:
1. Peru
2. Turkey
3. Morocco
4. Lithuania
5. Indonesia

and... ***drumroll***

Gay sex
By city:
1. Birmingham United Kingdom
2. Manchester United Kingdom
3. Chicago United States
4. Philadelphia United States
5. Brentford United Kingdom
By language:
1. Arabic
2. English
3. Thai
4. Turkish
5. Dutch
By region:
1. Philippines
2. Saudi Arabia
3. India
4. Australia
5. United Kingdom


My conclusions? Well, what can I say... I think that the English public school system must have a lot to answer for... 

(I was made aware of GoogleTrends by Michael Miersch at AchGut. Thanks!)