February 12, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General, Technology & Digital Culture
Searching French Horn: Decline in Interest or Rise of Junk?
This of course may mean absolutely nothing, but according to Google Insights for Search, interest over time in the term french horn is declining in the grand scheme of Internet searches.
From my angle, a great deal of things might explain this downward trend including most of all, an exponential growth in the Internet and Internet junk.
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