Love, autism and RSS

For 2007, RSS was the third most asked term in the “What is” question on Google. It was bested by love and autism. This is interesting and of course shows two or three things. And it also leads to more questions regarding from what factors affected the results and what are the implications of it. Quo vadis ?

What are the implications of this?

Here is the chart courtesy of scripting news

Link to chart

I. RSS is becoming or cementing its hold on mainstream culture. It is becoming part of the language. Soon we will probably see a lot of words originating from the acronym RSS.

II. RSS is fast becoming ubiquitous. It is everywhere. At least in cyberspace the orange icon is nearly as common as the @ sign. Maybe even the smiley.

III. A lot of people still do not understand RSS. A few seconds a friend came over and saw the word RSS. He then asked me what it was. Now this is important because RSS is becoming popular and practical but there is still a need to familiarize with our friends and neighbors.

We can do it with this:

Commoncraft’s: RSS in plain English (which we featured last July)

I wonder though how much the National Volunteers Organisation of India contributed to the search statistics of RSS. It is also known as Sangh or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS for short. RSS the group has been in the news several times this year. And well they have continously been appearing on the RSS feeds for RSS feeds. It would be interesting to note if it contributed to the search statistics.