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Google trends is not good for this kind of analysis. Google trends is based on the number of searches for a particular term relative to all other searches. So y
by CopOnTheRun 10y ago
Google trends is not good for this kind of analysis. Google trends is based on the number of searches for a particular term relative to all other searches. So you see the same trend when you look at other tech topics like Linux, programming, SSH, computer science, etc. It's not that these things are necessarily becoming less popular, just that tech oriented people were over represented on the early internet, and thus Google search. As more non tech people started googling stuff, tech topics fell in their relative importance.
- Godel_unicode 10y agoRe-read the comment you replied to, cyber security is trending in the opposite direction of Cyber (or SSH). That would seem to invalidate your thesis; Cyber security is gaining popularity relative to other topics. Edit: there's also an interesting spike in Google trends for "cyber" every November. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is in October.
- CopOnTheRun 10y agoThere were two assertions made in tener's comment. The first was that the term "cyber" was going out of use, the second was that the term "cyber security" was increasing. My comment was referring to the first assertion.