• 21:05 rockin’ out to Beck’s Midnite Vultures and working on a Bearing Drift post #
• 09:36 RPV’s New Media Disconnect – tinyurl.com/6g5amw #
• 12:11 GOP doesn’t need to copy what Dems are doing online, we need to go BEYOND it. Build for the next fight, not the last one. #
• 16:53 Walmart And God – tinyurl.com/6nfegh #

StateStats is an interesting little toy that shows the popularity of a Google search query by state.  It’s interesting, though what value the data may have beyond that I don’t know.

Searching “Alaska” makes me sad for the state.

UPDATE: West Virginia loves your mom.

UPDATE 2: Comparing “walmart” and “god”

Walmart

Obesity    0.67 (Positive, moderate)
InfantMortality    0.64 (Positive, moderate)
VotedForBush    0.59 (Positive, moderate)
EnergyConsumption    0.5 (Positive, moderate)

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God

Obesity    0.83 (Positive, strong)
InfantMortality    0.62 (Positive, moderate)
EnergyConsumption    0.52 (Positive, moderate)
VotedForBush    0.48 (Positive, moderate)

The more I play with this the more interesting it is.  Comparing queries with states and their rankings can give an interesting snapshot on things.  Now it’s not a guaranteed match but an awfully interesting correlation.