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Title: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: ripper234 on June 08, 2011, 11:06:01 PM


http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin,+paypal&date=mtd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=1&sa=N

 (http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2C+paypal&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=1)


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: yyduinihao0 on June 08, 2011, 11:34:58 PM
I didn't quiet get it.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: em3rgentOrdr on June 09, 2011, 12:00:53 AM
Which one is paypal and which one is bitcoin?  Haven't you taken graphs 101 sometime during your education?  Unlabled charts are more worthless than norm no chart at all.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: ripper234 on June 09, 2011, 04:25:11 AM
Sorry, it was 2AM and I just copy-pasted without much thought.
Upper red is paypal, blue is bitcoin.

What's amazing is that bitcoin is visible on a graph when compared to paypal.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: FreeMoney on June 09, 2011, 04:26:53 AM
That's nothing. Check Bitcoin vs US dollar.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: oneforall on June 09, 2011, 04:32:09 AM
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin,+US+dollar&graph=weekly_img&sa=N


It looks like the btc is giving the usd the kiss of death. Gorgeous.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: ripper234 on June 09, 2011, 04:37:56 AM
Compare it to dollar, that's a fairer comparison.
(To most, "dollar" is actually US dollar).


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: oneforall on June 09, 2011, 04:51:06 AM
(To most, "dollar" is actually US dollar).

Quote from 'Dollar' on wikipedia.org:

"The dollar (often represented by the dollar sign $) is the name of the official currency of many countries, including Canada, the Eastern Caribbean territories, Ecuador, Suriname, El Salvador, the United States, Panama, Belize, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, East Timor, Australia, and New Zealand"

'Most'? are you positive? This may be another instance of American Patrio-Solipsism...


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: FreeMoney on June 09, 2011, 04:57:48 AM
Compare it to dollar, that's a fairer comparison.
(To most, "dollar" is actually US dollar).

No. If you offer someone a dollar in Toronto they assume CAD.


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: Oldminer on June 09, 2011, 05:35:35 AM
Which one is paypal and which one is bitcoin?  Haven't you taken graphs 101 sometime during your education?  Unlabled charts are more worthless than norm chart at all.

^^


Title: Re: Google Trends: Paypal vs Bitcoin
Post by: ripper234 on June 09, 2011, 05:39:47 AM
Compare it to dollar, that's a fairer comparison.
(To most, "dollar" is actually US dollar).

No. If you offer someone a dollar in Toronto they assume CAD.

Well, I'm not positive, but I imagine that to anyone in a country where the local currency is not called "dollar" this is the case.
I know it is like that in Israel, but then again we're heavily dependent on the US dollar.