Google Trends

[xanaphia]

I just discovered a few days ago a feature of Google called Google Trends. You type in a search string and it comes back with a line graph of how many times that search string was typed in over time. It's fun.

Some interesting graphs:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=oots%2C+order+of+the+stick%2C+gitp%2C+gia nt+in+the+playground (http://http://www.google.com/trends?q=oots%2C+order+of+the+stick%2C+gitp%2C+gia nt+in+the+playground)
Order of the Stick began getting searched in March 2004 (it rounds off to the nearest million or someting), went higher and higher, until it dropped off around September 2007, then came back. Any explaiations?

[Rawhide]

Your link has an extra "http//" (without the : amazingly), the link is currently "http://http//[...]".

That question is easy, Rich took a break from writing comics in September/October.

[Player_Zero]

Link be not working.

...So it records the searches over time? Huh.

[Shas aia Toriia]

The graph starts I'm assuming around the comic started, but the drop off in september happened when Rich took a break for a while from writing.

This is what he said:


8/26/2007

First, for those who didn't see the notice at the bottom of the latest OOTS, my hiatus is beginning now and lasting until September 17th. I've decided not to use guest comics in the interim, if only because I want to step back from the site entirely while I rest and thus I don't want to have to format and post something every few days.