"Buy Gold" vs. "Buy Bitcoin" on Google Trends(google.com)
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"Buy Gold" vs. "Buy Bitcoin" on Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=buy+gold%2C+buy+bitcoin#q=buy%20gold%2C%20buy%20bitcoin&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q
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Down for me :( Quotum has been reached (not sure which quotum, I don't use Google Trends often). Can someone please post the chart?
Down for me too. Did HN just break Google?
What was the event in April causing a spike in both searches?
Cypriot bank craziness, perhaps?
Bitcoin was in one of its bubbly phases at the time.
Bitcoin was in one of its bubbly phases at the time.
US government shutdown almost happened but was averted by last-minute stop-gap deal (which ultimately resulted in an partial government shutdown months later)
US government shutdown scare. The debt ceiling crisis + government shutdown of October may have contributed to bitcoin's rise this time around. Another one looks to be coming up in January / February
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And of course Peter Schiff is predictably on one side of Bitcoin vs Gold ... take a guess which one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L7SOPDOvvI