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Birmingham tops web porn search (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4768647.stm)


Web surfers in Birmingham are more likely than those in any other city to search for pornography, according to internet search engine Google.

Google Trends analyses the type of searches made from different cities around the globe.

Manchester came second, followed by Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. Brentford, in Middlesex, was seventh.

The facility showed that the amount of searches on the word "porn" reached an all-time high in 2005.

Google Trends works by sampling all searches matching a single word and determining the cities from which it received the most hits.

From those top cities, the ratio of searches is calculated by dividing it by the total Google searches coming from the same city.

Google uses IP address information to make a "best guess" about where the queries originated.


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Well, I guess it beats watching their football teams ;)

Woo! Three out of the top seven are English! Who needs World Cup Glory when we have Porn search rankings!

EDIT: And kudos to those Aussies, too.

Can you really blame them:p

Yeah but people in Birmingham type in the word "porn" while people in London are typing in things like "fat arse bukake lepracorn." So I don't think we can conclude too much about who is the most perverted from this.

Yeah but people in Birmingham type in the word "porn" while people in London are typing in things like "fat arse bukake lepracorn." So I don't think we can conclude too much about who is the most perverted from this.is that what you're into?

and I don't know if I should be happy or not that the US is not mentioned... :confused:

is that what you're into?

No, that's what I am, and I'm always getting hits from London.

is that what you're into?

and I don't know if I should be happy or not that the US is not mentioned... :confused:

The US uses porn via DVD's and magazines.

Porn is a magical thing, man.

Personally I like the fact that tiny and insignificant Brentford is 7th!!!!

isnt Brentford part of Greater London anyway? Maybe london isnt on there because it's divided up into all its boroughs and districts!

Hah. I knew I picked Birmingham Uni for a reason!!

Now I cannae wait for the summer term :D

followed by ... Melbourne.

My bad. >.>

My bad. >.>

Lol. Oh well, you can be proud of your achievement... <.<

Manchester came second
:eek:

Mind you, with 60,000 full-time uni students with T1 line access, I'm not surprised. I wonder if Manchester's ranking drops during the summer months.

I would guess that Brummies haven't learnt how to use Bookmarks.

is that what you're into?

and I don't know if I should be happy or not that the US is not mentioned... :confused:
Most of us are too busy doing cyber and fone to be bothered with Google OR pr0n! :D

:eek:

Mind you, with 60,000 full-time uni students with T1 line access, I'm not surprised. I wonder if Manchester's ranking drops during the summer months.

Manchester is sick. It leads the world in searches for donkey porn. :eek:

I'm blaming the students.

Manchester is sick. It leads the world in searches for donkey porn. :eek:

I'm blaming the students.

Glad I moved to the other side of the Pennines so I can't be lumped in with them :D