We lost 8 days data due to a database corruption on the 18th, Lesson Learned switching to daily backups rather than weekly.

We’re rolling out the adult filter in the next few hours.

We added a report button for adult phrases/words for any we may have missed..

Feel free to give us  a helping hand

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As I mentioned in a previous post, Once Its activated our end the Filter will be on by default.

To turn it off please use the link in the Header.

On a side note, We understand Firefox 3 users are having issues with table sizes.

This should be fixed tonight.

Welcome to our first Monthly Top 80 Searched Keywords for May 2008, Adult terms are filtered.

Click Here for the Full Unfiltered View

Before I start, let me quickly say that I had a fight with another member of the team about posting on this subject. However, with so many results at the top, it simply couldn’t go ignored.

While the Hotwords data is still not running at full capacity, I still think its safe to say even at this early stage, the Internet really is for porn. It’s not too shocking really, but I was still surprised by the numbers.

For the month of May, at least 11 of the top 20 phrases have been sex related. Also, porn related keywords are snapping positions 1 and 2, ahead of huge corporations like Google, Myspace, etc. YouPorn alone has 3 variants in the top 20 list. Why all of these people are searching for “youporn” phrases rather than just typing it in the URL bar is beyond me, but it’s a habit of millions of Internet users.

So, to answer our Main Slogan “What is the world Searching for?” the answer is clear! YouPorn

To further demonstrate that porn is king, let’s throw a graph into the mix:

Please ignore the strange date text and those huge spikes…we’re working on it.

While we’re on the subject of porn phrases, we have gotten a few emails recently concerned about filtering them from view. Soon enough, adult terms will be filtered by default, but you will be able to turn it off. Again, let me say we are on the case and it’s scheduled for the next 2 weeks

A Nice Milestone passed today, We counted up the full database and returned a enormous :

1.7 million+ unique keywords and search phrases are now being monitored.. (and counting)

This doesn’t include one off searched phrases, We filter words if they are not seen at least twice per 30 days..

We’re turning up the heat this week in terms of data collection.. Expect the data to get much more accurate over the next 2 weeks.. We have also partnered up with another major Search engine, more news on that soon…

We’re very excited to be opening beta after 8 months of blood, sweat and tears or otherwise know as “development”.
We’re a small team of five based in London UK , We’ve had very little funding but do believe in this product passionately . We also believe there is a need for a service like this, I guess only time will tell.

While reviewing please keep in mind this is a VERY early beta stage and the idea of this exercise is to get feedback , Positive or Negative.
We’re collecting limited search data at this stage (running at about 40%) So the system will be getting more accurate as time goes on.

There are many new features and tools planned and on the way. Including, Break down by country, Live Real time searches. etc

If you would like to give us some feedback, please shoot us over a email beta@hotwords.com
We appreciate you dropping by and any comments you may have.

Hotwords Team

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