We can all agree, the internet is for porn. Well at least according to a little song performed on Broadway. But that may not be all that true anymore or at least in the not to distant future. According to a researcher and author Bill Tancer, he wrote Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why It Matters, the number of searches for the coveted reason to log online and use the magic porn box is down. Like down 10% since Al Gore invented the Interwebs. The short and simple, it use to be 1 in 5 searches were for porn where as now it is 1 in 10. What is more important than porn now? Social networks like MySpace and Facebook.
The researcher continues on to explain that this study was performed on people between the ages of 18 to 24. Also, outside of this trend, he also continues on to explain when there is an upturn and down turn of other searches that are taking place by these individuals. I am kind of amused by the fact that web searches for anti-depression drugs spikes up around Thanksgiving or the fact that people want to see pics of Palin more than her actual beliefs and policies. There is one more thing, but I'll place that below, because it deserves it's own little spot.
Now what does this mean? Not all that much in my opinion. Looking at the study, he chose people who would be more inclined to do social networking instead of self-molestation. 18 to 24 is about when a person is in the state of life where they need to go out and socialize. Unless they are some weird creep that just likes to spank off all the time. Wait, strike that, can't throw stones. But the other aspect behind this is that these are all based on the number of searches and by now I, I mean, people have either book marked or memorized their favorite porn sites. So it would make sense that searches for it are dropping. At least it does to me.
In the end, the moral? We should all hammer google with searches for PWNed.com to get it more popular than swedish-midget-amputee porn. Together we can make a difference. Maybe beat out MySpace and Facebook as well.
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