Researcher: Google queries on Catholic topics show major drop

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U.S. Google search queries on Catholic topics have dropped “significantly” in volume from 2004 to 2011 and are “perhaps disturbing evidence” about the intersection of faith and new media, a researcher on Catholic demographics says.

“Is this cause to panic? Certainly not. Should we be concerned? Yes,” said Mark M. Gray, a research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate in Georgetown.

Gray created graphs from Google search statistics which used the term “Catholic” in them, such as “Catholic school,” “Catholic Church,” and “Catholic Charities.” The graphs show a continued linear decline downward since 2004. The search volume dipped below average in 2007.

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I think this can be a good thing…because a search of “catholic abuse” would also show up in that study. This drop in search statistics could be the sign of all that negative press (which has been abundant for YEARS) finally dying out.
 
Catholic is running charity for showing Gods mercy not for any personal appreciations. This things will happen when we give importance to charity without giving glory to God.
 
My own experience with Google is that often when I have a serious search about a Catholic subject, often the main results are anti-Catholic articles. Sometimes I’m searching for something that I know is out there; maybe in a Catholic publication, but it simply doesn’t show up. I can find it eventually by searching Catholic sites where I suspect it might be found, but for some reason, Google’s tone deafness on actual Catholicism has sometimes irked me.
 
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