Zeitgeist: Mars

Mars was on Google Zeitgeist's "Top 10 Gaining Queries" list 3 times in 4 weeks. It was not on the "Declining" list in any of the 4 weeks.

Week Ending Aug. 11, 2003
9. mars
Week Ending Aug. 25, 2003
4. mars
Week Ending Sept. 1, 2003
3. planeta marte

Most of this interest is due to Mars being closer to Earth than it has been or will be for tens of thousands of years. But some of it is renewed interest in sending humans to Mars, triggered by the Columbia disaster.

One Response to “Zeitgeist: Mars”

  1. MikeyC Says:

    ‘Gecko’ Market Share = depressing
    http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/jul03_browsers.gif

    It would be nice if they actually put numbers on the axis.