Monday, December 15, 2008
Death by PowerPoint Watch: 2008
For three years straight, I have been Googling and tracking the term "Death by PowerPoint". I want to see how many pages the big G will deliver for this tired cliche.
In 2006, Google delivered 55,000 pages that mentioned this oft-used phrase. In 2007, we saw "Death by PowerPoint" pages increase by almost 50% to 82,400.
In 2008, we see the biggest increase: from 82,400 to 366,000. This is over 4 times as many mentions!
Clearly, "Death by PowerPoint" (searched without quotes) is on the increase. In spite of a new and improved version of PowerPoint (2007) and the popularity of countless books and blogs on the topic of presentation design and delivery -- PowerPoint casualties continue to climb throughout 2008.
What will bring an end to the carnage? And what kind of numbers do you predict for 2009?
:)
For three years straight, I have been Googling and tracking the term "Death by PowerPoint". I want to see how many pages the big G will deliver for this tired cliche.
In 2006, Google delivered 55,000 pages that mentioned this oft-used phrase. In 2007, we saw "Death by PowerPoint" pages increase by almost 50% to 82,400.
In 2008, we see the biggest increase: from 82,400 to 366,000. This is over 4 times as many mentions!
Clearly, "Death by PowerPoint" (searched without quotes) is on the increase. In spite of a new and improved version of PowerPoint (2007) and the popularity of countless books and blogs on the topic of presentation design and delivery -- PowerPoint casualties continue to climb throughout 2008.
What will bring an end to the carnage? And what kind of numbers do you predict for 2009?
:)
Labels: design, PowerPoint Presentation
¶ 12/15/2008 02:53:00 PM
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I randomly sampled three "Death by PowerPoint" links from Google, and the content on those pages meant someone being "killed" by some boring powerpoint presentation.
Link1: http://www.clickz.com/832021
Link2: http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/684871
Link3: http://lifehacker.com/software/presentations/stop-death-by-powerpoint-323554.php
Link1: http://www.clickz.com/832021
Link2: http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/684871
Link3: http://lifehacker.com/software/presentations/stop-death-by-powerpoint-323554.php
Much work to prepare yourself! This is what you call doing a search and intense start to become better acquainted with Google!
Congratulations, great job!
Congratulations, great job!
Franc:
Actually, it's far from an intense search!
I'm being a 'lil cheeky!
It could jolly well be that Google continues to index more pages, as bloggers write more about their personal frustrations with watching unbearable PowerPoint presentations.
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Actually, it's far from an intense search!
I'm being a 'lil cheeky!
It could jolly well be that Google continues to index more pages, as bloggers write more about their personal frustrations with watching unbearable PowerPoint presentations.
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