Google Trends: FIRST Robotics

[jmanela]

notice that both the #4 and #5 cities are in michigan

[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

[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

[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.