Interesting, if valid

[undyingking]

This thing from Microsoft claims to predict demographics based on search terms used and urls visited. It reckons for example that if you're reading this journal you're 51% likely to be male and 47% likely to be 24 or under, whereas for LiveJournal as a whole the figures are 54% and 49% respectively, and for venta* it's 50% and 45%. It also throws up different results for individual posts, althoug some return no result.

No clue as to where their base data comes from, maybe from evil monitoring within people's Internet Explorers?

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* (Picked purely at random as I happened to have her journal open at the time.)

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[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

It probably also lists religion as well, under a password protected link, just to keep the NSA happy.

"Monopoly trial? Not with national security at risk, Mr. Supreme Court Judge."

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

... Mr. Supreme Court Judge

"... or userId 39H4tF7***PG15, as we laughingly refer to you back in Redmond."

[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

My LJ seems to be read mostly by women under the age of 18. Who knew?

[cardinalsin.livejournal.com]

Mine says 53% male, and the largest age group is predicted to be 18 and under. Quoi? Do I actually know anyone under 18 who reads my journal? I think not.

Are they saying that 18-year-olds are most likely to enjoy the stuff on my journal? Or what?

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Maybe as part of their homework?

Either that or they apply a big under-18 boost to everything on LiveJournal.