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Old 29-05-2009, 7:22 PM   #1
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Type your first name in to google

...then you get a load of 'celeb' names. Tell us who has the most hits.

I get this clown

Joseph Lawrence (II)
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:29 PM   #2
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Re: Type your first name in to google

Michael Jackson, no surprise really
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:30 PM   #3
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Re: Type your first name in to google

Rooney

And i'm not called Coleen
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:45 PM   #4
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Re: Type your first name in to google

richard hammond in my case
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Re: Type your first name in to google

well adam is crap. First name I come across is Adam Buxton???

Thought sandler would be up there.
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:49 PM   #6
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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well adam is crap. First name I come across is Adam Buxton???

Thought sandler would be up there.
Funny on mine it's Adam Smith, that old tight fisted smelly sock.
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:49 PM   #7
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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well adam is crap. First name I come across is Adam Buxton???

Thought sandler would be up there.
Google Trends: adam sandler, adam buxton

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Old 29-05-2009, 7:50 PM   #8
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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richard hammond in my case
...and for you I get Richard Nixon.....are we playing the same game??
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:52 PM   #9
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Rooney

And i'm not called Coleen
That's what I get too. Why are people getting different answers though?
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:53 PM   #10
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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...and for you I get Richard Nixon.....are we playing the same game??
For Richard I got:
Richard I of England



I saw the suggestion of hammond though.


Searching for Wayne brings up Rooney, but if you do trends and put him up against Lil Wayne it seems Lil Wayne is more searched for...

What shows up first in listings isn't always the most searched for.
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:53 PM   #11
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That's what I get too. Why are people getting different answers though?
some using google.co.uk
others using google.com
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Old 29-05-2009, 7:56 PM   #12
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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For Richard I got:
Richard I of England



I saw the suggestion of hammond though.


Searching for Wayne brings up Rooney, but if you do trends and put him up against Lil Wayne it seems Lil Wayne is more searched for...

What shows up first in listings isn't always the most searched for.
I have been putting in the name then letting the autocomplete make the suggestions then looking at number of results. So Wayne brings up 3,800,000 results followd ny Waynes World gets 1,610,000 results
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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some using google.co.uk
others using google.com
I always get redirected back to google.co.uk

mine was Louis Eugène Félix Néel
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Old 29-05-2009, 8:01 PM   #14
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I have been putting in the name then letting the autocomplete make the suggestions then looking at number of results. So Wayne brings up 3,800,000 results followd ny Waynes World gets 1,610,000 results
Doint it that way, taking ricahrd for example:

Richard shows:
Dawkins 2,800,000
Nixon 5,960,000
Thompson 8,730,000
Hammond 9,190,000

But if you put Richard the - you get:
Richard the second 142,000,000


As for the above post Louis Vuitton shows 17,500,000

this game is highly flawed
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Old 29-05-2009, 8:03 PM   #15
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Re: Type your first name in to google

remember also that

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When possible, Google will customize your search results based on location and/or recent search activity. Additionally, when you're signed in to your Google Account, you may see even more relevant, useful results based on your web history.
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Old 29-05-2009, 8:30 PM   #16
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Re: Type your first name in to google

Philips electronics
then 2nd some weirdo in usa

for richard I got richard branson
these were all with google.com
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Re: Type your first name in to google

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Rooney

And i'm not called Coleen
your not called Shrek then?
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