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I am currently reading Collapse by Jared Diamond, in case you were wondering.

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I remember the days

Wired : Inside the Soul of the Web

Workers here at Google were once fascinated to watch the queries climb up and off the screen, two per second, 173,000 per day. But they rarely stop to glance anymore.

I remember when I used to watch the searches on Excite, back at uni. If anyone ever wonders why there’s so much porn on the Web, it’s because there’s a lot of people asking for it…


Martin wrote at 11:28 AM on 17 Apr 2003

Man, I remember doing that too! Is it still possible? I can’t see a link…

dwlt wrote at 11:37 AM on 17 Apr 2003

I’m sure you could do something using the Google APIs, but you could also check:
<a href="http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156041" rel="nofollow">http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156041</a>

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