Coolest web site in some time

[ShoogarBear]

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/

You can track how the written frequency of specific words changes over the years, dating back to the 1700s.

Examples:

-Names:
http://goo.gl/mlIAt

-Cities (gives an idea of rise and decline of power):
http://goo.gl/glZ80
http://goo.gl/9z1G9

-Other:
http://goo.gl/GgWkg
http://goo.gl/MY6iF
http://goo.gl/Yr20X

[TE]

Nice

[IronMexican]

lemonparty.org

[NASpurs]

Yeah it took me like two seconds to let my mind wonder and insert dirty words into the search. I found it interesting how a lot of the profane words we use today gained momentum in the 60s.

Anyway apparently there was a big smegma epidemic in the early 1900s. http://goo.gl/BDIo0

The word "dick" had a big rise in the mid to late 80s for some reason while still staying at peak through our current time frame. http://goo.gl/VnYVh

[baseline bum]

Apparently fuck was a pretty popular word around the turn of the 18th century. :lol

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/289/7words.png

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=shit%2Cpiss%2Cfuck%2Ccunt%2Ccocksuck er%2Cmotherfucker%2Ctits&year_start=1200&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3

[mrsmaalox]

That's pretty cool, my kids and I spent an enjoyable, lazy Saturday morning playing with it. Thanks Shoog :)

[Grey Spurfan]

I never knew the word douche was so popular in the early 1900's

[CuckingFunt]

Oddly depressing.
(http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=monkeyfuck&year_start=1700&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3)

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, I'm not sure how accurate or complete their database is before say 1800, so there may be some bias in what they have collected.


Oddly depressing.
(http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=monkeyfuck&year_start=1700&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3)

Well, now you have a mission in life.

[Sisk]

I put in iPhone and unless I'm missing something.. it's way off

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=iphone&year_start=1900&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3

[ohmwrecker]

Is it just me me or are the shades of blue representing Rome and Moscow indistinguishable?

[ShoogarBear]

I put in iPhone and unless I'm missing something.. it's way off

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=iphone&year_start=1900&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3

It's case-sensitive:

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=iPhone&year_start=1900&year_end=2010&corpus=0&smoothing=3

[Dr. Gonzo]

This is a really cool website.

A lot of people made a big shit about Google digitizing books but their ability to do something like this is what makes their efforts worth it. Prahps to Google.

[Sisk]

It's case-sensitive:

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=iPhone&year_start=1900&year_end=2010&corpus=0&smoothing=3

:tu

[Viva Las Espuelas]

So what is Google basing this off of to get their results? Is this just a for-entertainment site?