Google Trends: FIRST Robotics

[jmanela]

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=FIRST+Robotics&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&so rt=0
Click the link to go to a page that shows how popular the FIRST Robotics search on google was. Notice the spikes during the kickoff each year.

[Rion Atkinson]

Originally Posted by jmanela

Notice the spikes during the kickoff each year.

Also notice that they go down from year to year. Don't know if that's cause more people already know. Or less people care...

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

Also notice that they go down from year to year. Don't know if that's cause more people already know. Or less people care...

The spikes might be going down, but the number of searches don't hit zero (or anywhere near it) during the summer

[Tetraman]

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=FI...ate=all&sort=0

[Rion Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=FI...ate=all&sort=0

So know all we have to do is make FIRST more violent and we get that high...

NA! No fun.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

Also notice that they go down from year to year. Don't know if that's cause more people already know. Or less people care...

While the number of searches does go down...take a good look at the bottom graph which shows media mentions over the years - up like a poof ball! FIRST is definitely getting a LOT more media attention - Dean's homework worked!

[jmanela]

the 2009 top search is also slightly higher than the 2008. Bouncing back?

[Alex Cormier]

I like seeing the cities, especially the top city.

[jmanela]

just saying, the graph itself is based on the average worldwide traffic of FIRST Robotics searches in all years. Notice the numbers on the side (2.00 and 4.00)

[Tetraman]

I think the coolest part, at least for me, is that Rochester NY is the city where more people search for FIRST robotics then any other city.

Wooo

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

I think the coolest part, at least for me, is that Rochester NY is the city where more people search for FIRST robotics then any other city.

It's normalized for the size of the city. So a greater percentage of people in Rochester search for FIRST robotics then any other city, but it's probably not the most people.

[ZakuAce]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

So know all we have to do is make FIRST more violent and we get that high...

NA! No fun.

Just remove bumper requirements. That should satisfy people. I happen to like the sound of metal bashing metal Of course, my former team always uses way too much material and makes the robot an unbreakable tank, so I'm probably biased knowing our robot wouldn't get damaged

[XXShadowXX]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

Also notice that they go down from year to year. Don't know if that's cause more people already know. Or less people care...

I going to go with more people know more stuff, so i can sleep better tonight

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by XXShadowXX

I going to go with more people know more stuff, so i can sleep better tonight

I'm not, because that presents the opportunity that I need to make them care more!

[cmh0114]

I'm going to agree with XXShadowXX, and not just so I can sleep easy.
For one, it's mostly FIRSTers causing the spike when Kickoff rolls around. Non-FIRSTers in the search would remain fairly constant throughout the year, only spiking when there's a lot of media attention for something. I think if that were the case, there'd be a much larger spike for the World Championship than for Kickoff.
Also, congratulations to Rochester, NY. I hope you guys know that the Michigan teams are going to do our best to grab those top-ranking spots on Google from you.