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.

[Jon236]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

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.

That would be the important number, the percentage.

Go Rochester!

[Josh Goodman]

YES. That's the first thing I saw too. Rochester woo.

[Schnabel]

I love how the number one news story on the FIRST v. Robot Wars page is that "Robot wars may threaten humanity", which just so happens to be the only news story non-FIRST on that page.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

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.

Looks like we (Rochester FIRST teams) are doing a good job getting the word out about FIRST.