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	What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google 10th January 2010, 06:00 am You know how Google sometimes “predicts” what you might be searching for by giving you a little drop down menu of suggested search queries? These suggestions, of course, are based on what other users frequently search. So I tried teasing out some gender differences. Look at the pictures below. This shows Google’s remarkable power as a source of data on a range of human behaviors, emotions, and opinions. It gives us insights into what people might care the most about concerning a given topic. When people search a particular political leader, what are their main concerns? What are people secretly guilty about? For better or for worse, Google’s obsession with collecting and refining data has given us a window into each other’s fascinating and telling curiosities.


	156 Comments Tom Walton This is a great idea Dan: a really clever use of a product for research purposes. I should also add that, being a man, I find the comparison of the top suggestion in each case to be a rather depressing indictment of my kind 10 January 2010, 6:24 am Shmueli Thanks Dan, Google is becoming a new metric of social behavior studies. You can learn so much from crowd-sourcing LOVED IT. 10 January 2010, 8:06 am Yaniv Yaakubovich Dan, You will probably like this blog, which is dedicated to Google predictions: http://autocompleteme.com/ 10 January 2010, 9:51 am Joao brilliant. 10 January 2010, 11:13 am The Appliance of Science Weblog » Google shows some interesting differences between the sexes [...] Predictably Irrational » Blog Archive » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google. Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...] 10 January 2010, 11:53 am Maria Reyes-McDavis The lists are hilarious, but also a fabulous means for research 10 January 2010, 12:18 pm h-bomb Or it may show how google is no less than a media machine for the indusries that pay to advertise with its service.. dta 10 January 2010, 1:02 pm [Link] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google « jkwiens.com [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google (Predictably Irrational)CCHS Library Learning Commons: 2010 (concordcarlislelibrary.blogspot.com)15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee – The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com)Transfer Applications from iPhone to iTunes (theappleblog.com)Creating Movies with PyPlot / PyLab (Hacker News)Your Best Shot 2009: Starry Sky (Flickr Blog)Top ten iPhone apps for people who could build iPhone apps (but who choose to make web things instead) (warpedvisions.org)Christmas Plans (xkcd.com) [...] 10 January 2010, 3:10 pm Renee I just offered to give my boyfriend head in exchange for a marriage proposal, but he didn’t bite. 10 January 2010, 3:28 pm be more skeptical has google actually said that this is a list of common queries? people assume that, but it sometimes comes up with suggestions that are clearly not common search queries. you have no idea what this data actually is or how it has been filtered. hence this is an amusing hack but a terrible research tool. there is a temptation for people to believe they can tap into the power of the oracle with hacks like this. it looks like a numerologists pretending to be mathematicians. 10 January 2010, 3:49 pm Giorgio Renee, never place “give head” and “bite” in the same sentence please. Google is very aware of the possibilities their data mining has in research. I believe they actually used it to publish one of the best paper of the decade (google flu trend on Nature 2009). 10 January 2010, 3:59 pm craschworks » Blog Archive » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google Jump to Comments Via http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704# [...] 10 January 2010, 4:56 pm Matt Brezina The answer to the girlfriend’s most popular question is easily found in the suggestions for the boyfriend’s top 3. Want to know how to get a guy to propose to you? - give me head - sleep with me - lose weight (The funny thing is… my girlfriend actually pointed this out to me!) 10 January 2010, 5:11 pm chrisco “Everyone thinks of changing the world [his or her girlfriend or buyfriend], but no one thinks of changing himself.” –Leo Tolstoy 10 January 2010, 5:27 pm cak Great research thanks. But, how the hell is this depressing? (to the first poster). People want different things, there is nothing depressing about that. You could phrase it as girls are looking for the long term gains, boys for the short term gains. Maybe you could go read up on some biology. 10 January 2010, 6:23 pm Que es lo que esperan mujeres/hombres de su pareja « Es pedorro… [...] } Genial ocurrencia la de este muchacho (Dan creo) al que se le dio por preguntar a las sugerencias de Google “Como hago para que mi novio/novia [...] 10 January 2010, 6:58 pm Jackson I replace girlfriend with wife and boyfriend with husband. It is pretty interesting too. My particular fave is the last for wife: How can I get my wifes facebook password And they wonder why their wives don’t trust them. 10 January 2010, 8:09 pm chris try “why do” and “why do i” 10 January 2010, 8:09 pm Piedra Google is becoming a new metric of social behavior studies. 10 January 2010, 8:11 pm === popurls.com === popular today [...] cabinet minister ######## ######### NBC's Leno back to late nights – CNN.com ######## ######### Predictably Irrational Blog Archive What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google ######## ######### Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children \| [...] 10 January 2010, 8:28 pm PanMan Nice post, but I get different results: For the boys (girlfriends) : http://skitch.com/panman/nq5d5/google For the girls (boyfriends) : http://skitch.com/panman/nq5d2/google 10 January 2010, 9:11 pm How Can I Get My Girlfriend To… \| Toronto Dating Scene [...] my boyfriend to…’ produce different results. Women want a proposal; guys want, ummm, something else. Comments [...] 10 January 2010, 9:16 pm chanux I too found some amazingly unbelievable suggestions for “How to ..”. And I did an article on my blog http://chanux.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/removing-bra-is-not-our-problem/ 10 January 2010, 9:20 pm Seb C For the data junkies, if you do the search in the full search bar, you can see the number of results for each. http://twitpic.com/xlz1v http://twitpic.com/xlyx3 10 January 2010, 10:47 pm Domenick Classic! 10 January 2010, 10:47 pm Mike Riley These results change over time and I’m thinking what might be a really interesting research project is to collect the results over a period of ~1 year to see if world events / seasons / holidays have a significant effect. 10 January 2010, 10:54 pm Google autocomplete \| Gate One: VML's Strategy and Innovation Group [...] http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704 [...] 11 January 2010, 12:02 am The Differences Between Men and Women » The Sly Oyster \| culture, entertainment, liberal arts, shenanigans » Blog Archive [...] revealed to us by Google’s predicted search queries, based, of course, on what people are actually searching for on Google. Yup, this pretty much [...] 11 January 2010, 12:37 am blog \| You Asked For It Blog [...] Predictably Irrational » blog Archive » What boyfriends and . What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google (Predictably Irrational)CCHS Library Learning Commons: 2010 (concordcarlislelibrary.blogspot.com)15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee %26ndash; The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com)Transfer … [...] 11 January 2010, 1:38 am What eReader questions do people have? « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books [...] Posted on January 10, 2010 by switch11 There’s an interesting post on the Predictably Irrational Blog about using Google Search suggestions to figure out what people usually search [...] 11 January 2010, 1:48 am I’m Feeling Plucky : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits [...] by recent experiments conducted by Predictably Irrational, whereby Dan Ariely typed in certain terms into the Google search bar and Google preceded to [...] 11 January 2010, 2:08 am reads for 2010-01-11 \| Strings of Curiosity [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] 11 January 2010, 2:27 am jardenberg kommenterar – 2010-01-11 — jardenberg unedited [...] Predictably Irrational » Blog Archive » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] 11 January 2010, 2:41 am OrkutHeroes.com » What People Search For Social Networking Websites On Google [...] of this post from a blog Predictably Irrational where the author Dan has posted screen shots on What Boyfriends and Girlfriends search for on Google. It is the way Google suggest additional search queries which are most probably based on frequent [...] 11 January 2010, 3:32 am Mohan Arun L Very interesting! I think these come from previous search queries typed by users into the search engine… IN any case, as said in the comments, it offers insights into social behaviors and patterns… 11 January 2010, 4:07 am Google phone triggers complaints – Web Review 11/01/10 « Vexed Digital Blog [...] Last week’s top virals Google swamped by Nexus One complaints Britain’s Digital Economy Bill will cost ISPs £500M, knock 40K poor households offline Smartphones as a marketing medium: are we there yet? Five tips for investing in web analytics in 2010 New Look appoints B&Q’s Davey as online marketing head The Limits to Growth of Location Based Services QBasic on Javascript What’s going on with OAuth? TalkTalk kills TiscaliBlockChalk: An Anonymous Message Board for Your Neighborhood What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] 11 January 2010, 7:06 am Hayes Thompson Interesting to see what happens when you change ‘boyfriend’ to ‘husband’ and ‘girlfriend’ to ‘wife’ – check it out! 11 January 2010, 7:07 am Dvir Reznik This is hilarious Dan!! Another example of ‘Men are from Mars and Women from Venus’.. And super example of how (and where) to make research on human behaviors.. 11 January 2010, 7:11 am Abey Long live Google. 11 January 2010, 7:12 am Men are from Mars, Women from Venus \| Dvir Reznik [...] On January 11, 2010 at 13:43 in Uncategorized Saw this post over at Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational blog (a recommend addition to your RSS reader). [...] 11 January 2010, 7:44 am melania i’m curious to see how search queries vary across different countries/cultures. 11 January 2010, 7:53 am Sachin great insight… 11 January 2010, 8:03 am Joe Here’s a funny one, type in: Breastfeeding my and see what comes up first – quite surprising, at least the answer from the UK is! 11 January 2010, 9:05 am dude The suggestions also reflect what pages can be found – not so much what people search. So if there is a page titled “how can i get my girlfriend to sleep with my neighbours turtle” – it might show up if people liked it. 11 January 2010, 9:17 am a random stuff. - AisyahRozi [...] This evening, I was home and bored, wondering what could I do to kill the time. Oddly, I had never feel bored to the core this holidays; my time was always filled with things to do, be it watching movies, hanging out, shopping or sewing. Oh, and also, day dreaming of course. Anyways, as I was thinking what to do (or perhaps what to blog about) I came across a tweet by Nanyate on what girlfriends vs boyfriends google on. [...] 11 January 2010, 10:03 am eoe.is » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google. Samanburður á því hvað karlmenn og konur leita að á Google. (0 ummæli) [...] 11 January 2010, 10:41 am Bob Remember of course that these results will also include searches by same sex couples. Maybe a lot of lesbians are trying to get their girlfriends to shave? And maybe a lot of gay men want to be proposed to? 11 January 2010, 10:52 am » Blog Archive [...] a blog post by Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University he discovers what boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google. He finds that the Google suggestions can be pretty telling of human behavior. Take a look for [...] 11 January 2010, 11:00 am Jake More google suggest goodness: http://questionsuggestions.com 11 January 2010, 11:12 am George Hi Dan, I just started reading your book, and absolutely love it. I have 2 questions for you. 1. Since traditional economics is about as accurate as the idea that the outdated idea that the sun revolves around the earth, what do you think it means for our economic future? If “experts” have no idea how economics actually works, do you think they can create economic policy that works? 2. Did you read the book Drunkard’s Walk? I absolutely loved it and wonder if you enjoyed it. Thanks for great book! 11 January 2010, 11:24 am Chris Heilmann Splendid. I took this idea and build a quickly hacked interface to allow you to do side-by-side comparisons: http://isithackday.com/hacks/google-suggest-compare.php For example: http://isithackday.com/hacks/google-suggest-compare.php?q1=how%20can%20I%20get%20my%20girlfriend%20to&q2=how%20can%20I%20get%20my%20boyfriend%20to 11 January 2010, 11:40 am Guy At HockeyBias dot com To Tom Walton: Let the truth set you free. This is how it works and has worked forever and should be no surpise. Does the ‘head’ question render us all evil? Hll no. 11 January 2010, 11:41 am What does Google tell us about our political leaders? \| le craic [...] Ariely has a very interesting post on search terms boyfriends and girlfriends use on Google. Dan is the author of the excellent book [...] 11 January 2010, 11:48 am Wait till I come! » Quick hack tutorial – how to build a Google Auto Suggest comparison [...] morning I stumbled upon this funny article on predictably irrational which shows the difference between men and women by using Google [...] 11 January 2010, 12:11 pm What husbands and wives search for on Google versus boyfriends and girlfriends « Ariel Design [...] is an interesting post at Predictably Irrational on leveraging Google’s auto-suggest functionality to gain insights into what people care [...] 11 January 2010, 12:58 pm Tim Blasko It would be interesting to compare to: How do I get my “Husband” to and How do I get my “Wife” to… 11 January 2010, 1:43 pm Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus « 2010in140 [...] 11, 2010 at 12:58 pm · Filed under Uncategorized LOL, this is a great representation of the differences between men and women, but 21st Ctry style! What women and men search on Google [...] 11 January 2010, 1:59 pm What Boyfriends and Girlfriends Search for on Google « Pay Attention To Me! [...] via [...] 11 January 2010, 2:14 pm kellebelle Hilarious! Made me laugh!x 11 January 2010, 2:17 pm Sociology in the age of the internet? « [...] link Leave a [...] 11 January 2010, 2:41 pm Usando Google para ver qué quieren los chicos de las chicas y viceversa [EN] [...] Usando Google para ver qué quieren los chicos de las chicas y viceversa [EN] http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704  por Elwing hace 3 segundos [...] 11 January 2010, 2:49 pm Nici Thanks Bob for echoing my thoughts. It’s way less catchy, but what this really compares is what people who have girlfriends search for to what people who have boyfriends search for. 11 January 2010, 3:10 pm Hexnut “Why is my wife/husband” is also pretty darned funny. Then again, “why is my” is also pretty funny. 11 January 2010, 3:11 pm Gigi Griffis: life done write » Blog Archive » The Difference Between Genders is So Clear [...] How can I get my boyfriend to… [...] 11 January 2010, 3:13 pm Recuperacion de datos » Blog Archive » Usando Google para ver qué quieren los chicos de las chicas y viceversa [EN] [...] » noticia original [...] 11 January 2010, 3:23 pm Using Google to learn what boyfriends and girlfriends want from each other \| dv8-designs [...] Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational” blog: This shows Google’s remarkable power as a source of data on a range of human [...] 11 January 2010, 3:41 pm Michael Wilson More about Google Suggest (from Google themselves…) As you type, Google Suggest communicates with Google and comes back with the suggestions we show. If you’re signed in to your Google Account and have Web History enabled, suggestions are drawn from searches you’ve done, searches done by users all over the world, sites in our search index, and ads in our advertising network. If you’re not signed in to your Google Account, no history-based suggestions are displayed. Data you send to Google is protected by Google’s privacy policy. 11 January 2010, 3:57 pm Jamie Rasmussen Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg have done a great visualization of these auto-suggest search results, which you can play with at http://hint.fm/projects/seer/ See their N.Y. Times Opinion piece for some seasonal examples: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/opinion/22viegas.ready.html?_r=1 11 January 2010, 4:35 pm John Lewis Don’t forget that some of these may be homosexual results. 11 January 2010, 4:47 pm What commonalities google knows about relationships \| Fun To Think About [...] idea implemented by predictably irrational, to probe google for common questions. The auto-complete dialog box below the search box shows the [...] 11 January 2010, 5:43 pm Brian Hey Renee, i’ll take you up on your offer… 11 January 2010, 5:51 pm SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 11, 2010 [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google, Predictably Irrational [...] 11 January 2010, 5:58 pm Germanis Did the same for German identity. Fun! http://germanis.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/german-google-research/ Also see the image search as well! http://germanis.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/typical-german/ 11 January 2010, 6:24 pm Pozycjonowanie » Archiwum bloga » Curiosity [...] do you search for? Found this post here: http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704 Wpisane w [...] 11 January 2010, 6:36 pm Doctor Jay You know, there’s far more complexity in these answers than you might think. Men, on average, are more motivated by sex than women are. But there’s lots of individual variation, based on age, personal body chemistry, circumstances, and what have you. Women get the notion that sexual encounters with the wrong person can be dangerous, even life threatening, drilled into them starting at age, oh, 5. Given that, the conventional wisdom is that women don’t have a hard time getting men to have sex with them. So if you happen to be a woman who IS having a hard time getting a man to have sex with you, you’re likely to feel part of an out group, and unlikely to express it. Even when that expression is anonymous on the internet. Contrariwise, dominant males are seen to have easy access to sex with lots of different females, including oral sex. So men will be less inhibited about expressing such feelings. So there’s at the very least a magnifying effect. There are some similarites in the list “trust me” appears on both. “love me” and “be more [affectionate,romantic]” seem pretty similar to me. Honestly, “last longer in bed” and “give me head” seem pretty similar, too. Many of these desires come from a social framework of “successful women get their men to X[propose, stop smoking, be more romantic, last longer in bed]” or “successful men get their women to do Y”. Which other people imitate. Human see, human do. Monkeys have nothing on us. 11 January 2010, 6:41 pm Why You Should Immediately Go Read Predictably Irrational « Lexiecom [...] book by Dan Ariely is utterly fantastic and worth an attentive, considered read. And check out this blog post on gender differences in Google searches. [...] 11 January 2010, 6:51 pm Nathan I collect these funny autofills in a tumblog. 11 January 2010, 7:59 pm Jenni I love doing this in google. Always makes me laugh. This display of the gender differences is great tho. 11 January 2010, 9:02 pm Stupid Man Interestingly, This research only talks about the following dataset :- Women/men who are unsatisfied in some way in a relationship and who use google to find advice and they query in English. 11 January 2010, 9:03 pm links for 2010-01-11 at DeStructUred Blog [...] Predictably Irrational » Blog Archive » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google (tags: Funny Google) [...] 11 January 2010, 10:04 pm Elsewhere in Dreams » Blog Archive » 2010-01-11: Tweet Beat [...] tells us the difference between men and women: http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704 # Posted January 11th, 2010 in main. Tagged: [...] 11 January 2010, 10:37 pm Nic Fulton I’m pretty certain Google Suggest reflects potential results, not other people’s queries. Given that people write content that they want people to find, then this naturally fits the stereotype whether people actually search like this… Or am I deluded? 11 January 2010, 11:42 pm Como google sabe que quiere un hombre y una mujer en una relacion (noviazgos) « Walhez [...] asustarnos que pasara con toda esa información que recopila. 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How do i ask my girlfreind.. Ha ha 12 January 2010, 7:26 am Breakup Girl » I’m feeling lucky? [...] Dan Ariely of Predictably Irrational, expert and author on the subject of human irrationality, posts the results of he/she Google hints [...] 12 January 2010, 8:36 am Passiononline It’s really funny what people search for on the internet, and sometimes your own server logs throw up some really odd search phrases too! We’re in sex toys so we get some fun ones! 12 January 2010, 9:17 am Amiya Nice and interesting research! 12 January 2010, 9:29 am t0 This results do not answer what do people think, but rather what catches their eye. There is a tipping point effect for this kind of suggestions which leads to very very uncommon suggestions to go up the list. my robot -> is pregnant penguins are -> my favorite sort of frogs google killed -> babi qed 12 January 2010, 9:55 am Reason Morning Links: The Treasury's Losses, A Mystery Blast in Iran, Google Sociology - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine [...] • The Google hive-mind offers its perspective on gender differences. [...] 12 January 2010, 9:56 am Lauren “being a man, I find the comparison of the top suggestion in each case to be a rather depressing indictment of my kind” Really? I feel that way about MY kind… Both unwilling to take control of our own destinies by proposing and also quite willing to get married to a man who didn’t even want to propose in the first place! 12 January 2010, 10:05 am RLB The 7th result for “how can I get my wife to” is “how can I get my wife to shut up.” That is all. 12 January 2010, 10:38 am Tony I did more experimenting with Google suggest and revealed that 1) boys think about sex while girls think about emotions, 2) married people hate each other regardless of gender, and 3) we want our sons to drink less and our daughters to not date black guys. Six more Google Suggest comparisons here: http://zingzama.com/uncategorized/google-teaches-us-how-boys-girls-think-about-relationships/ 12 January 2010, 11:04 am Google Teaches Us How Boys & Girls Think About Relationships @ ZingZama! [...] at Predictably Irrational, Dan does an interesting comparison using Google suggest (which completes your typing based on [...] 12 January 2010, 11:08 am Nomski I think this is complete BS. I have never asked any of those questions, not to Google or anyone. Get a grip on your relationship, don’t ask Google about it! Also, what about the statistics of people who have NEVER asked those pathetic questions…!! This is not indicative of anyone’s feelings in my opinion 12 January 2010, 11:29 am Ask the right questions « Daily Baloney [...] saw this recent post from “Predictably Irrational” about What Girlfriends and Boyfriends Search For on Google and it’s just one of those topics that could keep me thinking for weeks unless I do something [...] 12 January 2010, 11:32 am 10 Top Relationship Tips from Google Search: #1, To get oral sex, propose \| drm [...] at Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely uses Google’s search prompt to explore the difference between the questions men are asking about their girlfriends and women are asking about their [...] 12 January 2010, 11:40 am Dan McCarthy Very interesting and clever. You can take it one step further and create 10 simple relationship rules from the combination of these search prompts. Here’s the result: 10 Top Relationship Tips from Google Search 12 January 2010, 11:42 am Jack I substituted husband/wife, and got similar results, except for one that was a little scary/creepy. How do I get my Wife’s facebook password? 12 January 2010, 11:43 am E.D. Kain It’s also amusing to compare these suggestions to those found for husbands and wives: http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2010/01/12/google-sex-and-matrimonial-bliss/ 12 January 2010, 12:24 pm Michiel Brilliant, just brilliant! 12 January 2010, 12:36 pm What Do Google’s Search Suggestions Say About Men and Women? \| Products & Tech News [...] predict) what we want out of our significant other. Dan Ariely, a professor at Duke University, posted the results of his search-engine experiment yesterday on his Web site, Predictably [...] 12 January 2010, 3:36 pm General » 谷歌又作恶了…… [...] from Dan Ariely [...] 12 January 2010, 6:32 pm david yehaskel Oh, it goes way deeper than that… check out searchoftheday.com for the main course. 12 January 2010, 8:42 pm Vanessa Fox For those wondering about the accuracy of Google Suggest, we did a story on Search Engine Land about it recently. Google basically said that it’s aggregated based on popular searches, but also takes into account topical search spikes. http://searchengineland.com/climategate-just-how-popular-is-it-according-to-google-31211 The Google AdWords Keyword tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal)is fairly accurate as it is reflective of ad impressions (although less fun than Google Suggest). While the girlfriend/boyfriend queries don’t have enough volume for Google to show numbers, the tool does show that the top 5 queries beginning with “how do I get my boyfriend to…” are: -kiss me -love me -love me again -marry me -propose And the top 5 queries beginning with “how do I get my girlfriend to…” are: -forgive me -give me head -lose weight -love me again -orgasm So the suggest data is pretty accurate in this case. Individual experience may, of course, vary. 13 January 2010, 12:32 am Midweek Brightener! « starry-eyed ingenue [...] [...] 13 January 2010, 5:34 am Google reveals all the things we most want to know… « 3gaim3™ [...] Tagged what does…, how do i…, my job…, google, i want…, i need…, i love… inspired by Dan Ariely’s fantastic post on his blog Predictably Irrational about “What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google“, [...] 13 January 2010, 5:41 am salah123456 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 13 January 2010, 6:45 am Chelsey I also changed the word “girlfriend” with “wife” and “boyfriend” with “husband.” The women’s results were mostly the same as they were when they were just the girlfriend. The husbands, though, were quite different. They were less concerned about sex and more concerned with romance and emotional bonds. A lot of the results for “how do I get my wife…” were the same as “how do I get my husband….” If you don’t mind, I’d like all the married men to tell me why they think that is. It’s extremely interesting. 13 January 2010, 1:16 pm What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on google « Timyeo’s Blog [...] read more: Predictable Irrational [...] 13 January 2010, 2:38 pm Jongo What I thought was most amazing going down each list was how they seemed to relate and even answer eachother. I wrote a quick blog about myself even… http://year400billion.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-mans-world.html 13 January 2010, 3:34 pm Jongo What I thought was most amazing going down each list was how they seemed to relate and even answer eachother. I wrote a quick blog about it myself even… http://year400billion.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-mans-world.html 13 January 2010, 3:35 pm random things « Live, Learn, Travel [...] This is why I love Google, among other reasons… [...] 13 January 2010, 5:18 pm Husbands Love Your Wives… « Flotsam & Jetsam [...] wrote this based on another bloggers exploration of Google searches that started “How can I get my girlfriend/boyfriend [...] 13 January 2010, 10:26 pm Sophia This is very funny. There must be a way for someone to do marketing research using Google auto complete. Interesting, I may try it one day. 14 January 2010, 2:49 am Gary Very interesting Replace girlfriend/boyfriend with dog Top answer is very worrying 14 January 2010, 12:19 pm DR. WHAW? – January 13, 2010 « One true sentence. [...] What Boyfriends And Girlfriends Search For On Google by Dan Ariely — I wanted to share this because it’s a lighter look at measurement and [...] 14 January 2010, 12:36 pm Set Yourself Freelance Love this….hilarious 14 January 2010, 4:47 pm Deborah this was so interesting, I went to google and typed in a bunch of things and got really amusing/concerning answers. 14 January 2010, 5:47 pm Quatsch mit Soße (15.01.10) \| Qlog [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google [...] 15 January 2010, 6:43 am Creative Ideas Funny post. Thanks for good mood 15 January 2010, 8:28 am Your Mum Oh God, this just reminds me of how lame women are, grow up girls and suck some already FFS 15 January 2010, 8:36 am Aly Juma Ha, very creative use of the Google auto complete function. What else could this be used for? Try out other people, like wife, husband, brother, mother… its an entertaining little experiment. 15 January 2010, 10:05 am Linkwurst #01 \| mortek.de [...] http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=704 [...] 15 January 2010, 11:51 am Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Forgive and Forget” Edition \| Hire Jim Essian [...] The differences between men and women, GOOGLE-STYLE! [...] 15 January 2010, 11:56 am Truth in Autocomplete « Happy Valley News Hour [...] 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment Predictably Irrational may have teased out a few gender differences in how Google’s autocomplete function treats [...] 15 January 2010, 12:17 pm Zenuwprikkelende week « Brenda a.k.a. Numphke [...] Het was een drukke en vooral zenuwprikkelende week, een week van de nieuwe mensen en een week van de nieuwe inzichten, maar ook van de goede gesprekken, o.a. met Leonor Jonker (samen met Evelyne Leveke auteur van het boek Musik in Berlin. Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu – Tip!), die voor Eurosonic het hoge noorden bezoekt. Daarnaast kon ik vandaag ein-de-lijk na vier maanden mijn Master Bul in ontvangst nemen. Goede dingen schijnen altijd lang op zich te laten wachten. Met die gedachte troost ik mezelf dan maar, want met deze actie verdient de afdeling Letteren van de Rug absoluut geen schoonheidsprijs. Deze week is ook gebleken hoe Google in kaart brengt wat mannen en vrouwen willen. Benieuwd? Beide willen weten hoe ze hun partner meer van hem/haar kunnen laten houden. Weliswaar ieder op zijn/haar manier. Zo denken mannen meteen aan sex en vrouwen meer in termen van aanhankelijkheid en behulpzaamheid. Bekijk het hele onderzoek hier! [...] 15 January 2010, 4:28 pm Google search suggestions \| Kiwiblog [...] From Predictably Irrational: [...] 15 January 2010, 9:07 pm What do boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google? » Post » Blognor Regis [...] [Predictably Irrational] [...] 16 January 2010, 10:07 am The Week’s Links \| May Ling Su [...] > Further proof that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. The gender divide according to Google search autofill. (via [...] 17 January 2010, 3:09 am Google Suggestions of the Day: Let’s make a deal:… \| Google Reader \| Юлиян Попов [...] [predictablyirrational.waxy.] [...] 17 January 2010, 2:05 pm Linkie Goodness #3 « Should Know Better By Now [...] Linkie Goodness #3 Published Monday, 18 January 2010 Linkie Goodness Leave a Comment What boyfriends and girlfriends might be searching for on Google [...] 18 January 2010, 5:20 am Poala It’s really strange the word “money” doesn’t appear in “How can I get my boyfriend to…” But well… 18 January 2010, 12:57 pm Can Google Tell Us What Men and Women Are REALLY Thinking? [...] Fox Last week, a post on the Predictably Irrational blog described the differences in what boyfriends and girlfriends were looking for their beloveds to do based on Google Suggest. Google Suggest can provide hours of fun. Just spend some time at [...] 19 January 2010, 8:06 pm אסכולת הכורסא » טינה, חזרי הביתה! [...] לא קשורות אחרות, דן אריאלי טוען שאנחנו סקסיסטים. ההוכחה? חיפושים אוטומטיים בגוגל שמעלים לו ללא ספק [...] 20 January 2010, 4:55 am Google Drop-Down Menus Tell You All You Need To Know - Better Health [...] post on Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational draws our attention to Google as a source of data for [...] 21 January 2010, 10:00 am Google Suggest and The Battle of the Sexes [...] originally found this example here. BUT…I thought, there must be more interesting examples like the ones above. So I came up with my [...] 21 January 2010, 11:47 am ruff linkage 201003 + 4 « piece 0 plastic – the revolution will be blogged [...] What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google – "This shows Google’s remarkable power as a source of data on a range of human behaviors, emotions, and opinions. It gives us insights into what people might care the most about concerning a given topic." [...] 23 January 2010, 2:46 am Derek if you put them side by side, they pretty much line up horizontally as the answer to the question on the other side. you want your bf to propose, give him head. want your gf to give you head, propose. want your bf to love you again, loose weight. want your gf to loose weight, love her again trust him/her and they will trust you in return 23 January 2010, 6:08 pm Can Google Tell Us What Men and Women Are REALLY Thinking? \| GetMeSEO.com [...] week, a post on the Predictably Irrational blog described the differences in what boyfriends and girlfriends were looking for their beloveds to do based on Google Suggest. Google Suggest can provide hours of fun. Just spend some time at [...] 30 January 2010, 12:36 am Raafatrola haha nice one..even i used to find lots of times phrases like how to propose and how to attempt kiss.. 2 February 2010, 10:30 am Raafatrola that remembered me one more phrase..how to (and then google suggest at the top :: get pregnant) 2 February 2010, 10:31 am What the Google Search Suggestion Tool Says About Us \| Internet Enthusiasts [...] Men and Women Are Worlds Apart: Courtesy of the Predictably Irrational blog, Dan Ariely decided to test the waters around human emotions, specifically around the [...] 2 February 2010, 8:48 pm Rick This is a funny trick- 1. go to google.com home page http://google.com 2. type “Me in 10 Years” 3. Click the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button 5 February 2010, 6:03 pm Predictably Irrational discovers what boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google \| Jason Clarke [...] via predictablyirrational.com [...] 8 February 2010, 2:58 pm links for 2010-01-12 « VOIP CALLS BLOG [...] Predictably Irrational » Blog Archive » What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on Google (tags: article google blog statistics gender) [...] 16 February 2010, 5:31 am jerry how to stop my divorce 27 February 2010, 7:46 pm DesiColours Funny Google 7 March 2010, 12:31 am Toy Dawg Who needs Google? How do I get my girlfriend to….(any request)? Answer: Get her drunk! How do I get my boyfriend to…..(any request)? Answer: Give a little head! It’s all so simple…… 19 March 2010, 1:16 am Leave a comment Name (required) E-Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Comment (requried)