"HD DOA"

[PocketRadio]

Quick guys, go check Google Trends for "socks". You'll probably conclude nobody wears them!

Google Trends for, "hd radio", socks, pants, shirts, underwear:

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HD Radio is still the loser !    I have to admit, between Google Trends and Statsahlioc, it's pretty cool to be able to keep tabs on HD Radio !

[clouseau]

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HD Radio is still the loser !    I have to admit, between Google Trends and Statsahlioc, it's pretty cool to be able to keep tabs on HD Radio !

Look boys and girls...

The "Interest meter" of Pocket Radio shows HD radio more relevant than "Socks".  Could it mean that Google trends means NOTHING?

I am SHOCKED.

Seriously, Pocket...  You have told us for moths that THIS IS ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.

Do you wear Socks?

Do you have an HD RADIO?

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS???

Here's a hint.  Feel free to leave out the irrelevant links.  Your response should start out with the phrase...

"This is caused by..."

I'm asking everyone to wait for the answer and not post on this thread.

How about it Pocket?  How could this happen? We're waiting...

Clouseau

[PocketRadio]

Yeah HD is completely dead. Except for the new stations. And new formats. And new radios. And better sound. And multimillion dollar publicity campaign.

And sex is pointless. Except for the fun. And benefit to the survival of the species. And the bonding between lovers, which solidifies love and the family unit. Besides that.

Google Trends for "HD Radio", "DAB radio", "digital radio", eureka-147, Sirius:

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Sure looks like digital radio is the rave of the future - what a joke.

[R.F. Burns]

Yeah HD is completely dead. Except for the new stations. And new formats. And new radios. And better sound. And multimillion dollar publicity campaign.

And sex is pointless. Except for the fun. And benefit to the survival of the species. And the bonding between lovers, which solidifies love and the family unit. Besides that.

Google Trends for "HD Radio", "DAB radio", "digital radio", eureka-147, Sirius:

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Sure looks like digital radio is the rave of the future - what a joke.

You keep posting links to internet sites which are really meaningless. If you really believed IBOC was dead or dying you wouldn't bother posting constantly trying to prove you point. Unless you are delusional, you must know that no matter what these opinion posts say, more stations convert to IBOC each week. It must have killed you when the commission OKed 24 hoour IBOC and officially sanctioned IBOC. They win at every turn and the detractors keep posting doom and gloom while they lose every decision. 

[Mike Walker]

Exactly RF. If I believed HD was dead or dying, and I hated the technolgy, I would smile, pat myself on the back (believing as some delusional individuals here doubtless do that I had something to do with it), and go read a good book.

I understand Google trends looks pretty bleak for socks. Must not be anybody wearing them.

There is almost no correlation between what people search for on Google, and it's popularity or usefulness. Otherwise the wheel, neckties, toasters, nasal inhalers, and combs would doubtless score far higher than they do. I don't think there's any shortage of people using them! GEEZ! For somebody who's so anti-digital, the idea that everything in life can be measured by Google trends (I just posted five random things which can't) is pretty bizarre!

[Mike Walker]

LOL, thanks for pointing out that GOOGLE TRENDS SHOWS MORE INTEREST IN HD RADIO THAN SOCKS! As I write this, my wife and I are both wearing socks. Neither is wearing an HD radio. GOOGLE TRENDS MEASURES SEARCHES ON GOOGLE, nothing else. People don't search foe everyday items like radios and SOCKS, but they sure as hell USE THEM! Google trends means NOTHING. Even Google doesn't claim that they mean much! Only Pocket thinks the answers to all of life's questions are contained in their results. Then it's got to be true...more people use HD Radio than socks. A SURE SIGN OF VICTORY!

[PocketRadio]

LOL, thanks for pointing out that GOOGLE TRENDS SHOWS MORE INTEREST IN HD RADIO THAN SOCKS! As I write this, my wife and I are both wearing socks. Neither is wearing an HD radio. GOOGLE TRENDS MEASURES SEARCHES ON GOOGLE, nothing else. People don't search foe everyday items like radios and SOCKS, but they sure as hell USE THEM! Google trends means NOTHING. Even Google doesn't claim that they mean much! Only Pocket thinks the answers to all of life's questions are contained in their results. Then it's got to be true...more people use HD Radio than socks. A SURE SIGN OF VICTORY!

Google Trends for "hd radio", socks, pants, shirts, underwear:

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HD Radio is the loser.

"Visualize Online Information Trends Over Time And Geographical Regions: Google Trends"

"Marketing professionals - Google Trends could satisfy the needs of marketers. BusinessOnline has to say: "This service is really useful for those working on AdWords and shows the latest market trends with simple comparisons" (adapted from Italian). Google Trends data-graphing is remarkable if you want to see how two different services or products are advancing and how interesting they sound to the global audience (i.e. iPod multimedia players Vs Creative Zen digital jukeboxes)."

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/05/25/visualize_online_information_trends_over.htm

50% of Web users use Google to search for for all sorts of items, including HD Radio.

[Mike Walker]

"50 percent of web users" use Google to search for "all sorts of items". You seem to think that that is the same as saying that 50 percent (or any percentage) use Google to search for ALL items. A silly assumption.

I USE GOOGLE DAILY. And I've NEVER searched for socks, or underwear. And yet I've managed to wear both daily, my entire life. How can this possibly be?

[Mike Walker]

I just did Google Trends comparisons for HD Radio vs. Corn Flakes, Chevrolet Impalas, English Muffins, and Pepper Shakers. I invite you to do the same. You'll find "proof" as Pocket would have us believe that HD Radio is more "popular" than all of these items, when clearly in this world there are more Corn Flakes, Chevrolet Impalas, English Muffins, and Pepper Shakers than HD Radio. "Google Searches" means nothing in such comparisons, because most people NEVER SEARCH GOOGLE for ordinary household items like Pepper Shakers, English Muffins, Corn Flakes, and Radios.

[PocketRadio]

I just did Google Trends comparisons for HD Radio vs. Corn Flakes, Chevrolet Impalas, English Muffins, and Pepper Shakers. I invite you to do the same. You'll find "proof" as Pocket would have us believe that HD Radio is more "popular" than all of these items, when clearly in this world there are more Corn Flakes, Chevrolet Impalas, English Muffins, and Pepper Shakers than HD Radio. "Google Searches" means nothing in such comparisons, because most people NEVER SEARCH GOOGLE for ordinary household items like Pepper Shakers, English Muffins, Corn Flakes, and Radios.

HD Radio is new technology - how else are consumers supposed to find out about HD Radio, and determine the different types of available HD radios ?  A much more relevant comparision, looking for different type of devices, would be for "hd radio", ipod, mp3, cell phone:

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As usual, HD Radio is flat-lined.