Thanks to my fellow antipodean Barbara Robson, for the reminder that Googling does depend on who you are.
5 most viewed answers:
- What does the Greek word “malaka” mean?
- How did the “Swastika”, which is said to be the symbol of the Aryan race, get its place in Hinduism?
- Why was Richard White banned from Quora?
- How do you say “cheers” in Greek? What are some other common Greek toasts?
- Why do you love linguistics?
Top 5, googled as me:
- What is your personal experience with obtaining a linguistics degree?
- What are the differences between linguistics and philology?
- Why was Richard White banned from Quora?
- What does the Greek word “malaka” mean?
- Why do you love linguistics?
Top 5, googled as anon:
- Why was Richard White banned from Quora?
- What is your personal experience with obtaining a linguistics degree?
- Gallery of Awesomery
- Why do you love linguistics?
- What does the Greek word “malaka” mean?
What this says:
- Google cares about Quora views a bit…
- … but not overwhelmingly: the random Indian clickbait, and “cheers” translation does not rate.
- Google knows about me that I’m a linguist.
- Google knows that Richard White is a popular Quoran.
- I’d like to say that Google knows that lots of Quorans love my cartoons. In fact, what’s likelier is that all of my cartoons are hyperlinked back to where I first published them on Quora. So Google is picking up the Gallery of Awesomery as a hyperlink hub.
I’m glad Google picks up the Personal Experience with Linguistics question. It was a cathartic exercise.