On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Andrew Whitworth wknight8111@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
Well, if you only post the *top* search queries, accidental pasting of confidential messages isn't really going to be a problem (when was the last time *you* accidentally pasted the same message 50,000 times in a row?). Of course, it might be prone to manipulation if someone felt mischievous, depending on how many searches per unit time it takes to get on the list, but that's true for almost anything statistical like that.
Do we consider it mischievous when "Sex", "Anal Sex", "Masturbation", and other related topics show up in the list (as they are bound to do)? I've seen the Wikicharts list, and the things that the average Wikipedia reader are searching for are really not the kinds of things we want listed on a big screen in a business office.
--Andrew Whitworth
Google seems to be able to do it.
http://www.google.com/corporate/culture.html
"What makes it special is the toggle switch that allows you to view points of light representing real time searches rising from the surface of the globe toward space, color coded by language."
I'm not sure we could have the same visual effects ;), but Google must have some way to filter the porn searches, etc.