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How Does Google See Your City / Town / etc ?

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Post July 17th, 2010, 10:08 pm

If you use Google Images to search for your city / town / area / etc name, what sort of images do you get on the first couple of pages ?

If I search for Tampa Bay I get mostly images for our local sports teams (Rays, Bucs, Lightning), cheerleaders for these sports, and beaches. If I look for Clearwater Florida I get almost exclusively beach and swimming pool photos.
Strong with this one, the sudo is.
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Post July 17th, 2010, 10:08 pm

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Post July 19th, 2010, 7:09 am

Trout Creek Montana gets me mostly recreational stuff like hunting and fishing and camping and vacationing, and also some real estate and a couple maps.
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Post July 19th, 2010, 10:02 am

Seattle is just what you'd expect.
The Beer Monocle. Classy.
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Post July 19th, 2010, 11:25 am

Edinburgh unsurprisingly comes up with images of the Castle (one of Scotlands biggest tourist attractions) and a couple of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo parade.
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Post July 19th, 2010, 11:43 am

For Seattle I would have suspected Pearl Jam and Nirvana, not the space needle.
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Post July 19th, 2010, 11:49 am

kc0tma wrote:
For Seattle I would have suspected Pearl Jam and Nirvana, not the space needle.


If it was 1994 I'd have to agree with you :lol:
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Post July 19th, 2010, 12:55 pm

Cary, NC also unsurprisingly shows mostly real estate ads.
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Post July 19th, 2010, 1:50 pm

My old home town North Platte has incredibly boring image results because its an incredibly boring town.
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Post July 20th, 2010, 5:17 am

Centurion is my hometown ...
Let's leave all our *plum* where it is and go live in the jungle ...

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