md224 wrote: "I'm also curious why Princeton's search volume seems to have declined. Obviously it doesn't mean Princeton is going to disappear, but what does it mean? Could be statistically insignificant, perhaps."
I have seen this in most nerdy topics associated with early internet adoption in Western English speaking countries -- or at least that is my theory. Basically as other countries come online and late adopters come online, they do not search for the same types of topics earlier adopters looked for.
This trend for academic or technical topics decreasing as a percentage of Google trends is universal, see here:
I have seen this in most nerdy topics associated with early internet adoption in Western English speaking countries -- or at least that is my theory. Basically as other countries come online and late adopters come online, they do not search for the same types of topics earlier adopters looked for.
This trend for academic or technical topics decreasing as a percentage of Google trends is universal, see here:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-US&q=Science,+/m/...