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5 Years Of Google Search Data Yields US Gamer Preference - MMORPG.com News

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  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    Iselin said:
    The top 10 Google searches for 2016... for perspective:

    1. Powerball
    2. Prince
    3. Hurricane Matthew
    4. Pokémon Go
    5. Slither.io
    6. Olympics
    7. David Bowie
    8. Trump
    9. Election
    10. Hillary Clinton

    There ARE two games there but not WOW or LOL :)
    And today...

    1. travel ban
    2. Alessia Cara
    3. Tomi Lahren
    4. Super Bowl 2017 Time
    5. Rob Stewart
    6. Yao Ming
    7. Dress Like a Woman
    8. John Wick: Chapter 2
    9. South Shore Plaza

    Proof positive no one cares about video games on Saturdays but cross-dressing is very popular.

    #realnews

    Later today I shall give you the top searches without the letter 't' in them...
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Iselin said:
    The top 10 Google searches for 2016... for perspective:

    1. Powerball
    2. Prince
    3. Hurricane Matthew
    4. Pokémon Go
    5. Slither.io
    6. Olympics
    7. David Bowie
    8. Trump
    9. Election
    10. Hillary Clinton

    There ARE two games there but not WOW or LOL :)
    And today...

    1. travel ban
    2. Alessia Cara
    3. Tomi Lahren
    4. Super Bowl 2017 Time
    5. Rob Stewart
    6. Yao Ming
    7. Dress Like a Woman
    8. John Wick: Chapter 2
    9. South Shore Plaza

    Proof positive no one cares about video games on Saturdays but cross-dressing is very popular.

    #realnews

    Later today I shall give you the top searches without the letter 't' in them...
    I think "Dress Like a Woman" is a new F2P browser MMO :)
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  • NobleNerdNobleNerd Member UncommonPosts: 759

    mgilbrtsn said:



    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect.


    THis article is fake news.


    It's still a valid source and probably the largest one at that.



    According to even Alexa Google.com is the most active and visited website! I would venture to guess 90% of people in the US use Google. I know I do.


  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    NobleNerd said:

    mgilbrtsn said:



    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect.


    THis article is fake news.


    It's still a valid source and probably the largest one at that.



    According to even Alexa Google.com is the most active and visited website! I would venture to guess 90% of people in the US use Google. I know I do.
    I use DuckDuckGo because life without ads is preferable, but I don't pretend for a second the information is coming from anywhere but Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
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  • StormsoneStormsone Member UncommonPosts: 83
    Two games I have never played are the most popular games.... popularity is not everything.
  • NobleNerdNobleNerd Member UncommonPosts: 759

    DMKano said:

    I am trying to think last time I googled any of the games I play.



    Not something I do.




    I Google quest titles and many times character names from MMOs to see their history and background. I usually do not Google say: World of Warcraft or RIFT specifically.


  • MoiraeMoirae Member RarePosts: 3,318


    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect.


    THis article is fake news.



    Stop with the fake news crap. Google is the largest search engine used in the world. Enough already.
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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    It's a marketing website created by : https://www.linkedin.com/in/toby-sembower-56a84621
     official website : http://www.digitalbrands.com/partnerships

    Like I said : FAKE NEWS !


    That doesn't make it fake news. It's something you think is useless, but something I think is entertaining. Even if your poll wasn't overwhelmingly YES to remove. I'd still leave it, because you're being ridiculous. Go play a game, it'd be much more productive. 

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    What I'm understanding as long as the article is prominent to ones views, it is ok. THisis epic in understanding media in general. Targeting those who have already surcomed to the poison to try and pass that poison along. mmorpg.com has did just that
    #wakeup
    Is surcomed something like succumb but on meds at Big Sur?
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  • RenoakuRenoaku Member EpicPosts: 3,157


    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect.


    THis article is fake news.



    Nope I don't use any of those lol.
  • laseritlaserit Member LegendaryPosts: 7,591
     Love the new avatar Iselin ;)

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  • AsamofAsamof Member UncommonPosts: 824


    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect.


    THis article is fake news.



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  • RenoakuRenoaku Member EpicPosts: 3,157
    edited February 2017
    League OF Legends, should beat wow any day.
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  • YashaXYashaX Member EpicPosts: 3,100
    laserit said:
     Love the new avatar Iselin ;)
    Actually I miss that awesome ESO archer :(
    ....
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Iselin said:
    The top 10 Google searches for 2016... for perspective:

    1. Powerball
    2. Prince
    3. Hurricane Matthew
    4. Pokémon Go
    5. Slither.io
    6. Olympics
    7. David Bowie
    8. Trump
    9. Election
    10. Hillary Clinton

    There ARE two games there but not WOW or LOL :)
    And today...

    1. travel ban
    2. Alessia Cara
    3. Tomi Lahren
    4. Super Bowl 2017 Time
    5. Rob Stewart
    6. Yao Ming
    7. Dress Like a Woman
    8. John Wick: Chapter 2
    9. South Shore Plaza

    Proof positive no one cares about video games on Saturdays but cross-dressing is very popular.

    #realnews

    Later today I shall give you the top searches without the letter 't' in them...
    I bet whenever a new expansion or major update is announced that search engine goes crazy. I would like to see Youtube's research data.  

    Instead of Republicans and Democrats there should be WoW's and LoL's parties.  

    And who said violent computer games make people hostile and cynical?  :-)

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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    It is just odd that i have seen this very same numbers posted on other sites as well,did Google send out some memos or something.
    I guess news just spreads like a viral disease with the internet now a days.

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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2017
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    edit to add !

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  • sacredfoolsacredfool Member UncommonPosts: 849

    Aelious said:



    PeZzy said:


    Trump voters play WoW?






    Apparently they play both ;)



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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Wizardry said:
    It is just odd that i have seen this very same numbers posted on other sites as well,did Google send out some memos or something.
    I guess news just spreads like a viral disease with the internet now a days.
    It was something sent to news tip lines everywhere. It has NOTHING to do with going "viral". 


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • Tenaka30Tenaka30 Member UncommonPosts: 84
    edited February 2017
    So few people commenting on the actual feature subject itself.....

    On topic, would the majority of WoW searches actually be along the lines of;

    "wow where is mankrik's wife" ?

    I'd imagine quest help searches are generating hits by the millisecond.
  • Dreamo84Dreamo84 Member UncommonPosts: 3,713
    They listed fallout 4 as an online game... I wish!

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  • TENTINGTENTING Member UncommonPosts: 262
    edited February 2017
    Of course WoW is top dog, the new GMs employed to respond to tickets have to google the answers themselves. That is a looot of googling. 
     Apart from that, Blizzard themselves suggests all their players to use google to figure things out in their game.

     In that sense I guess a research such as this, could be considered free PR for Blizzard, relatively speaking, depending on the audience.

     As an achievement hunter in WoW, you have to google and WoWhead every single little Panda treasure to figure out its hidden location.
     And this is practically the norm when trying to find anything achievement related, that can not really be sorted out, just by asking another player a brief question.

     Then you have the cookie builds that everybody googles, the raidencounter strategies that raiders are forced to read up on, preferably also watch several videos of.

     And now Legion, maybe Blizz are aware there is PR in research numbers on google, cause Legion have all its secret quests, secret encounters and secret skins. 
       And what for one might wonder?
     All the so secret secrets are right there on google anyway. So what is the point exactly, apart from bringing more WoW PR traffic around on the internet.
    Is it a deliberate design? I cant say, maybe its just a random happening of events.

    But as a WoWer, I think there is a difference between causing high internet traffic about a game and the actual game delivering quality.  

     Knowing the game from the inside, Id say WoW is just a googlegame, which is why it is also visible on google searches.

     And the game is absolutely shining with an amazing community that way, cause if you ask for help, the answer is:

     Google it! 
      
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,057
    because no one uses bing , yahoo , duckduckgo hotbot or any other search engine ive personally stopped using google for 2 years now, I hve no account / gmail ect. THis article is fake news.
    I don't use any of those alternate search engines.

    In fact, I reset the browser home pages on all of the family's computers to Google.

    As for the article itself, who cares if its fake?

    Game I don't play beats out another game I don't play somewhere I don't live?

    Excuse me but I really don't care, first world problems are low on my list.

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