SEX IS OVER :: THE PROOF IS OUT THERE AKA PERHAPS I’M CHINESE

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BEIJING (Reuters) - The names of three banks and the word "stocks" beat "sex" to become four of the most Googled words in China last year, according to a Google China list seen on Thursday.

China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank ranked second, third and sixth, according to a list supplied by Google China on its website (www.google.cn).

"On the Chinese mainland, it was money and technology that took the honours last year," the China Daily said, pointing out that "sex" was the most popular keyword for Google users in some other countries.

Fourth on the list was "stock", not surprising with Shanghai shares having risen 97 percent last year. At number 1 was "QQ", a Chinese instant message service and a brand of car.

China's Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance and Banking Regulatory Commission ranked first, third and fifth in the "Most Popular Departments" list, the Web site said.

In another list named "qiu zhi", or "seeking knowledge", "what is a blue chip" and "how to invest in the stock market" were the most searched questions on Google in China, while "what is love" and "how to kiss" ranked top of the global list.

China keeps a tight rein on Internet content and has launched several campaigns to root out online pornography, perhaps one reason why "sex" did not score so well.

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	Christopher Nosnibor	You mean there are other things on the 'net besides MySpace and porn? Posted by Christopher Nosnibor on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 15:09 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Ummm...I've been told that's the case Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 15:29 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Nonstop Everything	also interesting, this an excerpt from a study Time reported recently: "Perhaps a more interesting — and more accurate — way to figure out where college students are going online is to assess which of the 172 web categories tracked by Hitwise get the most hits from 18- to 24-year-olds. Here's a shocker: Porn is not No. 1. I've actually been puzzled by the decrease in visits to the Adult Entertainment category over the last two years. Visits to porn sites have dropped from 16.9% of all site visits in the U.S. in October 2005 to 11.9% as of last week, a 33% decline. Currently, for web users over the age of 25, Adult Entertainment still ranks high in popularity, coming in second, after search engines. Not so for 18- to 24-year-olds, for whom social networks rank first, followed by search engines, then web-based e-mail — with porn sites lagging behind in fourth. If you chart the rate of visits to social-networking sites against those to adult sites over the last two years, there appears to be a strong negative correlation (i.e., visits to social networks go up as visits to adult sites go down). It's a leap to say there's a real correlation there, but if there is one, then I'd bet it has everything to do with Gen Y's changing habits: they're too busy chatting with friends to look at online skin." Posted by Nonstop Everything on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 19:24 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	These kind of stats will become more and more common.. Some will say they're manipulated, published and cajouled by control obsessed governments, - which intially they could well be. But as peoples reactions to the smoking ban and other key indicators have shown - as long as the wealth is there and life is comfortable, most folk will be very happy to copy and do as they are told.. Repeated authorative quoting and production of such stats will therefore help to persuade people that sex is over as a significant force... I mean how much sex has not been had because of government campaigns on AIDS?!? Add in government stats and news reports that 'sex is no longer popular or necesary' and the majority of folk'll soon cut it out of their lives (many of them quite happily)... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 19:55 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Clinker	It is proven the Chinese have the smallest cocks in the world. Could this be why. Posted by Clinker on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 21:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Small size doesn't mean they don't enjoy it - perhaps they're too busy working on becoming the next superpower to be bothered with it...? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 21:28 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity	we are just one step closer to having a microchip implanted in our brains that will rid us of all things that are human about us. though, internet porn gets old, as do all things. and i am sorry for you if sex is over because it sure as hell ain't over for me. Posted by La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 19:50 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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I'll do anything to ahead of the game... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 19:52 [Remove] [Reply to this]