Google Trends on Dune
Posted: 02 Sep 2008 23:22
I don't know who here is familiar with Google Trends, but it's basically a neat way to find out what people have been googling over the years.
Apply this concept to Dune, and you get some very interesting results.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=frank+he ... all&sort=0
Google searches for the names of Dune authors(I included "kja" as that's how people seem to refer to him, and probably has plenty of internet usage.)
Of the three, only Frank Herbert has enough searches to justify a graph. In other words, Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert are essentially irrelevant in terms of Google searches.*
There are only three Dune titles that yield a graph(aside from the original novel, which is obviously obscured by searches about sand dunes).
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Sandworm ... l&date=all
Children of Dune probably got that boost from the miniseries. But you'll notice that on Google, at least, a terrible SciFi miniseries produced more interest than the "stunning conclusion to the Dune series."
Finally, here's a trend analysis that shows you just how much Frank Herbert is Googled when compared to some more....popular search terms.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Frank+He ... all&sort=1
My conclusion of this data analysis: Frank Herbert is relevant enough to search on Google, while the hacks aren't even close. But not even Frank Herbert is as popular as oral and anal sex.
*Google Trends compares the search volume for a particular search term to the entire volume of Google searches, so it's not all that surprising.
Apply this concept to Dune, and you get some very interesting results.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=frank+he ... all&sort=0
Google searches for the names of Dune authors(I included "kja" as that's how people seem to refer to him, and probably has plenty of internet usage.)
Of the three, only Frank Herbert has enough searches to justify a graph. In other words, Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert are essentially irrelevant in terms of Google searches.*
There are only three Dune titles that yield a graph(aside from the original novel, which is obviously obscured by searches about sand dunes).
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Sandworm ... l&date=all
Children of Dune probably got that boost from the miniseries. But you'll notice that on Google, at least, a terrible SciFi miniseries produced more interest than the "stunning conclusion to the Dune series."
Finally, here's a trend analysis that shows you just how much Frank Herbert is Googled when compared to some more....popular search terms.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Frank+He ... all&sort=1
My conclusion of this data analysis: Frank Herbert is relevant enough to search on Google, while the hacks aren't even close. But not even Frank Herbert is as popular as oral and anal sex.
*Google Trends compares the search volume for a particular search term to the entire volume of Google searches, so it's not all that surprising.
