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

[John Reagan]

On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 1:46:02 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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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Does some VPN service have an exit point near St Helena?