Ever wonder where the searchs for Mini Cooper come from?

1. Los Angeles, CA, USA

2. Miami, FL, USA

3. San Francisco, CA, USA

4. Irvine, CA, USA

5. San Diego, CA, USA

6. Houston, TX, USA

7. Seattle, WA, USA

8. Dallas, TX, USA

9. Rome, Italy

10. Washington, DC, USA

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22mi...o=all&date=all

 

Hey, that's pretty neat.

 

Woohoo! #6

 

no one in chicago cares.

 

A lot are from CA. That's funny, because I spent a week in San Bernardino a week ago, and I didn't see a single MINI! A lot of big rims, though. And tint.

 

I don't think you will see many out east of LA. But if you come up to San Francisco you will see a few. Check out this video of a run with over 70 Minis.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBCHGA9yQrM

 

Hmmm, places where warmth and sun usually prevail; okay, maybe not #3 and #7.

 

I wouldn't put too much faith in Google Trends. It can only give the geographic location of your ISP router. Some large US-based backbone ISPs often allocate sub-prefixes from a single ISP, making geolocation innacurate sometimes by thousands of miles. It is not surprising therefore that the top searches point to California - e.g., IIRC Verizon has a major ISP router in Irvine, accounting for it's ranking.

 

Well I guess that explains why Los Angeles ranks so high. We all know there are many more Mini in the San Francisco Bay Area.