What Google Searches Reveal – Denison Forum

A note from Jim:

Cynthia Yanof is writing today’s Daily Article. I’ve known Cynthia for many years and know you will appreciate her article. She and my wife Janet are directing the ChristianParenting.org website.

This week they are launching a new podcast called “Pardon the Mess,” honest conversations about the challenges and joys of parenting.

Cynthia is the host of the podcast. She has interviewed a variety of people including Tony Dungy, Michael W. Smith, Mike Singletary, and some local personalities like Chip Waggoner, Kay Wyma, and my personal favorite, Janet Denison.

I encourage you to visit the podcast page and subscribe today.

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Gone are the days when you plunge into your parents’ living room set of encyclopedias, digging through the volumes alphabetically to find the answer to that relentless question plaguing you: When does the whooping crane migrate?

Today you are one quick Google search away from answering that question and pretty much anything else that inquiring minds want to know. By the way, didn’t want to leave you with a cliffhanger: it’s mid-September for the whooping crane.

Google is the most-searched search engine in the world and also provides insight into what interests us. I googled (yes, it’s a verb now) the top searches in both 2017 and thus far in 2018, and it was a fascinating look into our culture.

What is our culture searching for?

This year it seems Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga were among those who captivated us in the music category, while pop culture had us interested in Matt Lauer and Meghan Markle. Our techie folks were into the iPhone X, and apparently a whole host of you people were trying to figure out how to make slime, while others were in the market to lose belly fat fast.

But 2018 is only half written.

Each December, Google releases the “Year In Search,” a video summarizing the Google searches shaping that given year. I recently watched “Year In Search 2017” and was reminded of the…