What is Santa likely to be carrying on his sleigh this year? Once again utilizing Google’s search statistics we can track interest in certain products by looking at how often certain terms are searched for using Google.

The search statistics are provided by Google’s Insight service, data is narrowed down to the United States region only. Data is through December 13 2009.

I will check these search statistics again next week to see if there is any improvement or further deterioration.

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Observations from this data:

1. New cars have fallen off the cliff after the initial cash for clunker surge.

2. Toys are not being sought at the same rate as last year.

3. Women are always looking for clothes.

4. Men only get new clothes at Christmas.

5. Interest in iPhones has declined.

6. DVD players also weaker.

7. Weaker interest in iPods as well.

8. Video game consoles also showing some weakness in interest.

9. Flat screen TV’s doing fairly well.

A couple more items of interest:

Shoppers looking for ‘coupons’ at a new high.

And lastly we take a peek inside the bedroom to see how the economy is impacting the ‘whoopee’ time.

Looks like less whoopee as a fairly steady downtrend has been in place throughout the recession. What states are still standing firm (no pun intended) with adult sex toy inquiries? The following list are the top 10 demographic regions (states) looking for adult sex toys:

1. Mississippi

2. Florida

3. Pennsylvania

4. Kentucky

5. Arkansas

6. Louisiana

7. Texas

8. Maine

9. Nevada

10. Idaho

Are there any major golf tournaments in those states? Just wondering.

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