[Info-vax] Any large VMS users in St. Helena ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-12-06, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/6/18 8:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> No, I haven't lost it. :-)
>> 
>> I've just looked at OpenVMS queries using Google Trends and came
>> up with some interesting results.
>> 
>> Using the search term "openvms", all lower case, results in
>> "Massachusetts" being the top location on the list when looking
>> at the United States over the last year. (What a surprise!).
>> 
>> When you switch from United States to "Worldwide", you get the
>> following top 5 for interest by region for the last 12 months:
>> 
>> 1) St. Helena
>> 2) China
>> 3) Sweden
>> 4) Puerto Rico
>> 5) Finland
>> 
>> Anyone like to have a go at explaining the order on this list,
>> because I can't (apart from maybe Sweden) ?
>
> And you believe that the results returned by Google are in
> some way accurate and reflect anything other than typical
> Google gibberish? I should show you the results of some of
> (tech related) searches I have done.  If it weren't for the
> fact that I usually need the information at the time it
> would be downright funny.
>

These are not searches. They are Google Trends lookups.

>
>> 
>> Do you see the same results if you do a Google Trends lookup
>> from your part of the planet ?
>
> Afraid I really place no value on whatever his concept called
> "trending" is.  I get notices in things all the time about
> what is "trending" in the world and it is usually nothing of
> value or interest to me.
>

Not "trending", but Trends. Google Trends is a service which has
been around for about a decade and which lets you see which Google
searches are currently popular. For specific search queries you
specify, you can see which parts of the planet that query is most
popular in.

Here's the direct "openvms" lookup link for the US:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=openvms&geo=US

And the worldwide one which, for me, shows St. Helena at the top
of the list:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=openvms

Simon.

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