Tag: Google Trends and Books
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Did Detectorists start a boom?
A gentle BBC comedy is often credited with getting Britain out detecting. Twenty-two years of UK searches and Portable Antiquities Scheme finds say it made a splash, not a wave.
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The Triskell Boom: how an ancient spiral became a modern Celtic badge
The triple spiral is sold as an ancient Celtic sign of the Atlantic coast. Archaeological finds, Google Books and OpenStreetMap tell a newer story: an old symbol that became a Breton and Galician badge within living memory.
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Facebook kept pace with public attention. It didn’t lead it.
Comparing Facebook engagement for British parties and leaders with Wikipedia reading and Google searches from 2015 to 2020, the big spikes mostly came on the same day, with no reliable leader, and none of the three came close to the polls.
