New Google Search Options
Google added some new search options today (Google’s new search tools showcase innovation), among them on called “Wonder Wheel”.
So, of course, I wonder-wheeled square dance, and then extended from there to square dance caller and then to “square dance caller lab”. Here are the (somewhat bizarre) results:
Who the heck is Matt McGovern, and why is his page directly linked to CALLERLAB? At least he’s a caller and he’s young…in fact
, a teenager. But I couldn’t find anything on his site related to CALLERLAB…it doesn’t even say he’s a member. It would be interesting to know why Google links the things it does.
Another interesting view is the Timeline. Here’s one for the search “square dance”:
Notice the peaks in the early fifties and the late seventies.
A snippet from the New York Times October 12
, 1951:
OTTAWA, Friday, Oct. 12– Princess Elizabeth escaped last night from the long crinoline skirts and tiaras of state dinners and slipped into something comfortable. She put on a peasant blouse and dirndl skirt and the Duke of Edinburgh climbed into blue jeans and a wild shirt for an evening of square dancing at usually dignified Government House.
Notice that the queen could take off her crinolines and put on a (presumably more comfortable) dirndl skirt.
Here’s the timeline view for “contra dance”:
And here’s an expansion for 2000-2009:
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Looks like it might have peaked around 2005-2006, and it might be trending down now, but it’s hard to say.