DISQUS

Futuristic Play: What web product does this Google Insight map represent??

  • JoeLudwig · 1 year ago
    Hmm. Something popular in less populous states... It's not just red states, either because New England is over-represented and the south is under-represented. (And it isn't Fox News, which is most popular in the southeast.)

    My guess would be some kind of cold-weather sport. Maybe a hockey site?
  • Randal Truong · 1 year ago
    Not quite it, but I got pretty close with adultfriendfinder!

    http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=a...
  • Andrew Chen · 1 year ago
    ding ding ding... you are correct, it's adultfriendfinder! I think I might have computed it on a different timestamp.
  • Andrew Chen · 1 year ago
    Before making this map I also tried queries like "tito ortiz" "jenna jameson" "nascar" and stuff like that. Pretty fun to look at those graphs.
  • Randal Truong · 1 year ago
    Yup that was my logic for guessing it. At first I was thinking something rural/outdoorsy as well, but there's no real big web sites for those. Then I started thinking about what else all those people in low density areas would want.
  • Andrew Chen · 1 year ago
    my friend formerly of HotOrNot say a similar thing about their core market... it's all people in rural areas that don't have many options to meet people. AdultFriendFinder is just another variation of a dating site, I think. I would guess a broad swath of dating sites have similar geographic profiles.
  • Randal Truong · 1 year ago
    i think an interesting comparison is eharmony:

    http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=e...

    Not as close as you might think. Top ten states in each only shares Wyoming and Montana. Which states are looking for a little love or something more?

    Although, eharmony does have much broader adoption, despite being about a quarter in size. so maybe true love is more universal than sex?
  • power · 1 year ago
    Here are a few of my guesses, none of them quite match though:

    http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=h... - Hillary has strength in Montana/South Dakota from the last primaries.

    http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=b... - Bebo looks surprisingly strong in the Dakotas.
  • Mark Maunder · 1 year ago
    Not sure which website, but I'm pretty sure that's a site related to either fishing or hunting. Hunting seems to give better numbers for ND and SD, so that's my guess.

    Mark Maunder.
  • Mark Maunder · 1 year ago
    duh! You already posted the answer. :)
  • Andrew Chen · 1 year ago
    good idea though ;-) I thought the search for "saddles" was a good one.
  • Eric Reasons · 1 year ago
  • Andrew Chen · 1 year ago
    haha! Saddles is great. I wish I had used that example instead ;-)
  • PXLated · 1 year ago
    My first thought was either the NRA or Cabelas.com (hunting/fishing gear). Cabelas comes close. Turns out they're just lonely out there between hunting and fishing trips :-)
  • Andreas Brinck · 1 year ago
    got close... with this one...am i in the right segment?
    http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=t...
  • davemorin · 1 year ago
    Being a Montana native, unclear how I should feel about this one Andrew. But, very insightful find.