See who is Googling Surefire

[aggiegrads]

I was bored yesterday, and found Google Trends. It is a feature in Google where you can see where (geographically) searches on certain topics are coming from.

I searched on "Surefire" and the results were very interesting:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=surefire

The vast majority of searches are coming from Iraq. This tells me where Surefire's bread and butter are coming from.

 

[lexina]

Thanks for the info - it's a very interesting feature and turns up some surprising results on various search terms.

Btw, I am sure that those in Iraq were not googling "Surefire" as in "Surefire flashlights"!

 

[LukeA]

Btw, I am sure that those in Iraq were not googling "Surefire" as in "Surefire flashlights"!

Well, considering that 8 of the ten top results from a Google search for 'surefire' are for Surefire flashlights, I'd have to disagree.

 

[NickDrak]

Btw, I am sure that those in Iraq were not googling "Surefire" as in "Surefire flashlights"!

QUE !?!


Everyone that I know over there, along with nearly every picture of any Soldier, Marine etc. in battle in Iraq/Afghan wears a SF weaponlight on their rifle/carbines. It seems that the demand for SF lights over there is off the charts.

 

[fasuto]

offtopic, but try "sex" :thinking:

 

[Paladin]

offtopic, but try "sex" :thinking:

When my HVAC unit died, I tried searching online for "heat pump". There were certainly some sites that would raise one's body temperature in the results. One site was even "suggested" by my ISP, and the customer service lady at GTE.net called me back and said..."Oh my word!!!"

Searching "Surefire" on ebay returns a good amount of non-flashlight related returns sometimes.

Paladin

 

[greenlight]

it's a great resource, and I'm sure someone creative will soon find the best search.

 

[lexina]

Well, considering that 8 of the ten top results from a Google search for 'surefire' are for Surefire flashlights, I'd have to disagree.

what i meant was, if you narrow the search to "Surefire Flashlights", the top result is US, as expected, and not Iraq

 

[lexina]

offtopic, but try "sex" :thinking:

i did. did u know both "sex" and "f..k" comes out with Pakistan as No. 1?

 

[Greta]

Sooooooo... how 'bout them Surefire Flashlights, eh?

 

[aggiegrads]

what i meant was, if you narrow the search to "Surefire Flashlights", the top result is US, as expected, and not Iraq

It seems to me that searching on "surefire flashlights" is like searching for "Microsoft software" or "Sony electronics". It is redundant, and "surefire flashlight" only recently had enough volume to even be tracked.

 

[lexina]

It seems to me that searching on "surefire flashlights" is like searching for "Microsoft software" or "Sony electronics". It is redundant, and "surefire flashlight" only recently had enough volume to even be tracked.

Not so. "Microsoft" and "Sony" are both unique proprietary names and not words with any meaning, unlike "surefire". Even in the link you posted, only 1 out of the 6 news items referred to Surefire flashlights.

 

[Icebreak]

Sig Sauer and Heckler Koch are Iraq but Beretta is Italy.

I'm interested to know that when I type in my first name it shows that I'm hugely popular in Iceland.

 

[RadarGreg]

Surefire has a list of National Stock Numbers listed on their website. I'd imagine most GIs in Iraq and Afghanistan are looking to see what NSNs are available and if they can be ordered. The problem is many of the stock numbers are coded in such a way to make ordering them difficult. Not impossible, but not easy either.

 

[Sarratt]

I've always wondered if my name had been Googled by anyone. When I checked it said there were not enough searches to warrant a graph.

*whew*

It did get me wondering though if there was a way to find out if anyone was looking for me.
Anyone know if thats possible ?

 

[Fallingwater]

That the vast majority of searches for "goatse" come from Finland says a lot about Finnish people...

 

[cutlerylover]

looks like it works...I tried Zippo and #1 was Japan...and I know as a collector that the Japanese love Zippos more than us americans, lol...makes you wonder which country really likes apple pie and baseball more than us...probably Japan too, lol...:laughing:

 

[BB]

You do know that once you type your name in Google Search you have tied your name to that IP address (and computer if you have cookies enabled).

That is how folks were compromised when (***not Google***) released (Sorry, it was AOL that released this data -BB) a whole bunch of searches before that included names and social security numbers.

Being paranoid is a lot of hard work.

-Bill

 

[flashlite]

Interesting.

Type in "uranium enrichment" and Iran come up #1
Type in "centrifuge" and S. Korea come up #4 with Iran at #9
Type in "IED" and Baghdad comes up #1

(The FBI should be at my door any minute now)