Number of Searches being done on Google

Commanding_Heights · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 129

My company has access to Google's search queries and volume through their advertising program. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see how many people were searching for topics frequently discussed here on PO.com. The following information is for the month of June. First is the search term(s), second is the approx search volume for June and third is the approx average search volume.

Search Term(s) / Approx June Volume / Approx Avg Volume
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Peak Oil, 49,500/74,000
Peak Oil Production, 720/1,300
Peak Oil Theory, 880/1000
Peak Oil Crisis, 260/480
Hubbert Peak Oil, 170/320
Simmons Peak Oil, 170/320
T Boone, Insufficient Data/27,100
T Boone Pickens, 6,600/9,900
Alternative Energy, 110,000/210,000
Alternative Energy Sources, 8,100/ 18,100
Alternative Energy Source, 3,600/5,400
Bankruptcy, 2,240,000/2,240,000
Bankruptcy Court, 165,000/165,000
Bankruptcy Credit, 110,000/90,500
Filing Bankruptcy, 110,000/90,500
Bankruptcy Attorneys, 90,500/49,500
Bankruptcy Lawyer, 74,000/74,000
Personal Bankruptcy, 74,000/49,500
credit card, 9,140,000/7,480,000
credit cards, 2,240,000/2,740,000
credit card debt, 673,000/550,000
credit card application, 301,000/ 246,000
apply credit card, 246,000/ 201,000
mortgage, 124,000,000/ 83,100,000
home mortgage, 24,900,000/ 20,400,000
mortgage loans, 13,600,000/ 9,140,000
mortgage refinancing, 13,600,000/ 9,140,000
gold investment, 14,800/18,100
gold investing, 12,100/14,800
home garden, 9,140,000/9,140,000
gardening, 1,830,000/1,500,000
garden tools, 1,220,000/1,000,000

If there is any search terms you'd like to see the volume for just let me know.

Arsenal

Long Term Food Storage
Emergency Supplies

Dont_Panic

Is Avg Volume the average monthly volume for previous months?

Commanding_Heights · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 129

Commanding_Heights · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 129

jlw61

Absolutely facinating. Please consider posting this information every month if it won't go against Google licensing. It's impossible to say anything certain without several months of data, but my first "from the hip" read would be:

Aaron

http://www.google.com/trends
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Commanding_Heights · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 129

jlw61

mmasters

Wow "peak oil" is searched as much as "solar heating" and "pickling"!
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eastbay

I just tried 'zombie hordes' and was advised there weren't enough searches made to generate a graph.

There is therefore still plenty of time before things fall apart, folks. Smile

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vetusfirma

Com-H, great post. This is great information, just what Peakoil.com was suppose to provide all along.

keep it coming, and thanks.
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jbrown

Something else to keep in mind when seeing peak oil searches down, June is probably the slowest Internet month of the year.

Serial_Worrier · Heavy Crude Joined: Jun 05, 2008 Posts: 233

A nice thing is I've gained some perspective after initially getting the doom-slam on this site. Not so doomerish anymore. Just fire up the BBQ, fill up the gas tank and let the good times roll! Cool