Nice spike in Google trends!

[grondilu]

Check this out : http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin

[ribuck]

Also of possible interest:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2C"liberty+reserve"
http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2Cpecunix

[bitcoinex]

bitcoin,"liberty reserve",pecunix,webmoney:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin,%22liberty+reserve%22,pecunix,webmoney&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

[bitdragon]

Interest in Bitcoin has multiplied over the last few months!

Russia still leads the way followed by Finland-

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin&date=ytd

[Alex Beckenham]

I found it interesting in relation to egold and alertpay:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=alertpay%2Cegold%2Cbitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1

[grondilu]

I found it interesting in relation to egold and alertpay:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=alertpay%2Cegold%2Cbitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1

I think you can put it directly inside this thread:

[ArsenShnurkov]

Russia still leads the way

This is because russians doesn't have money and job, they have pure interest and a lot of spare time.
You can see this if you compare volumes on mtgox and btcex.

[grondilu]

This is because russians doesn't have money and job, they have pure interest and a lot of spare time.
You can see this if you compare volumes on mtgox and btcex.

Wow, your avatar is pretty cool...  where did you get it?   

[bitdragon]

Russia still leads the way

This is because russians doesn't have money and job, they have pure interest and a lot of spare time.
You can see this if you compare volumes on mtgox and btcex.

Not having money and job, is not a reason to be interested in Bitcoins- Having a currency messed around by gangsters is.
There are a fair share of humans with little money and no job and they are not all in Russia. Some live near me and some near you but they are watching TV probably.

Half of all millionaires in Europe reside in Russia-
100 Billionaires reside in Russia-

There is great potential for Bitcoin usage in Russia, in my opinion; still needing to reach a tipping point fair enough but I find it quite encouraging and positive-

[Sief]

Somebody do an overlay with the btc:usd exchange rate in the same graph. I would do it if I wasn't on a bus browsing from my phone :-/

[Anonymous]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=alertpay%2Cegold%2Cbitcoin%2Ccarrots&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1

Added search term "carrots"



Fixed!

[FreeMoney]

That's hilarious. Those spikes must be thanksgiving and christmas.

[xlcus]

Also of possible interest:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2C"liberty+reserve"
http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2Cpecunix

And this can also be used as another indicator of interest in bitcoin...
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin.org

[Drifter]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0
The Last 12 months has seen fantastic uptrend in popularity. I still remember the first peak from Slashdot. We're at all time highs, and searching "bitcoin,liberty reserve" (http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin%2Cliberty+reserve&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0)
you can see that bitcoin now is more searched for than liberty reserve.

[grondilu]

tadaah:

[Drifter]

And up and up we go

[Timo Y]

And this can also be used as another indicator of interest in bitcoin...
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin.org

Their audience demographic confirms the polls on this forum:

Females are greatly under-represented at bitcoin.org

Another reason we should expect further spikes.

[FreeMoney]

[Stephen Gornick]

Another view showing the extent of last week's media coverage:



http://stats.grok.se/en/201105/Bitcoin

The previous high was under 5,000 in March after the BitcoinJ / Google Employee announcment.

[theymos]

Bitcoin Block Explorer also got a big spike in traffic starting on the 16^th. 2,599 unique non-bot IPs on the 15^th -> 7,832 unique non-bot IPs on the 16^th. BBE is now serving ~400,000 pages per day (mostly from bots and sites like BitcoinCharts).

[JohnDoe]

According to alexa, bitcoin.org is currently ranked 3,878 on the 7 day average and 6,742 on the 1 month average.

[Jaime Frontero]

Bitcoin Block Explorer also got a big spike in traffic starting on the 16^th. 2,599 unique non-bot IPs on the 15^th -> 7,832 unique non-bot IPs on the 16^th. BBE is now serving ~400,000 pages per day (mostly from bots and sites like BitcoinCharts).

a lot of the Block Explorer hits are probably our friendly local neighborhood alphabet soupers, trying to connect the dots.

newbies & etc. will not have that much interest.

[FreeMoney]

Bitcoin Block Explorer also got a big spike in traffic starting on the 16^th. 2,599 unique non-bot IPs on the 15^th -> 7,832 unique non-bot IPs on the 16^th. BBE is now serving ~400,000 pages per day (mostly from bots and sites like BitcoinCharts).

a lot of the Block Explorer hits are probably our friendly local neighborhood alphabet soupers, trying to connect the dots.

newbies & etc. will not have that much interest.

You think they wouldn't just get all the data and search, sort and analyze offline?

[Jaime Frontero]

Bitcoin Block Explorer also got a big spike in traffic starting on the 16^th. 2,599 unique non-bot IPs on the 15^th -> 7,832 unique non-bot IPs on the 16^th. BBE is now serving ~400,000 pages per day (mostly from bots and sites like BitcoinCharts).

a lot of the Block Explorer hits are probably our friendly local neighborhood alphabet soupers, trying to connect the dots.

newbies & etc. will not have that much interest.

You think they wouldn't just get all the data and search, sort and analyze offline?

well yeah - but there are hundreds (literally) of the soupers - and dozens of sub-soupers in each, all of whom perceive that they are competing with each other.

sure they download the data.  most likely on a regular schedule, every hour of every day.  thousands of downloads a day...

[error]

Easier to work directly on the block chain.

[shackra]

https://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoins <--- the Spanish is the 3rd language how they search for information in google

[jerfelix]

According to alexa, bitcoin.org is currently ranked 3,878 on the 7 day average and 6,742 on the 1 month average.

My favorite part of the Alexa info:

Relative to the overall population of internet users, [Bitcoin.org's] audience tends to be male; it also appeals more to childless, low-income users under the age of 35 who browse from home.

It apparently would serve us well if everybody got out of their parent's basement and browsed bitcoin.org from Starbucks with your girlfriend and your rich aunt.

[FreeMoney]

According to alexa, bitcoin.org is currently ranked 3,878 on the 7 day average and 6,742 on the 1 month average.

My favorite part of the Alexa info:

Relative to the overall population of internet users, [Bitcoin.org's] audience tends to be male; it also appeals more to childless, low-income users under the age of 35 who browse from home.

It apparently would serve us well if everybody got out of their parent's basement and browsed bitcoin.org from Starbucks with your girlfriend and your rich aunt.

Haha, if I was Alexa I would make that the default for every webpage until I knew different though. Wouldn't be surprised if that's what they do.

[Dhomochevsky]

It looks like we got a long way to go still... But you know what they say, slow n steady...

(Bitcoin vs dollar)

[grondilu]

Relative to the overall population of internet users, [Bitcoin.org's] audience tends to be male; it also appeals more to childless, low-income users under the age of 35 who browse from home.

How on earth are they supposed to know that just from an IP address?

[Drifter]

From what I've gathered in the past, the statistics come from those who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Not exactly a solid representation but I'd guess in this circumstance it's close to being accurate.

[Jaime Frontero]

From what I've gathered in the past, the statistics come from those who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Not exactly a solid representation but I'd guess in this circumstance it's close to being accurate.

"Not exactly a solid representation..."

uhh... yeah.  that is:  agreed.

i mean, how many of your average anarcho-libertarian types like to give information away for free by using things like Alexa/Google/Yahoo toolbars?

you can just bet i've got all three installed.  < /snark >

mmmph.

[grondilu]

China has appeared in the listing recently, Bejing being the third city in the 30 days traffic:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0

[grondilu]

bitcoin vs webmoney vs moneygram:

[Drifter]

Google Insights for Search




Bitcoin ain't leaving anytime soon

[hugolp]

LOL