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The results are in: Google's Pac-Man homage cost the world $120,483,800 in just one day
Did you know that, on average, you only spend 4 1/2 minutes on Google every day? That's how good it is: you plug in your search and, chances are, 11 seconds later you walk away with the result you need. Throw Pac-Man into the mix however and the average goes up to over 5 minutes! Thanks to Google's celebration of Pac-Man's 30th anniversary, and RescueTime's juicy analytical power, we spent 36 seconds extra on Google on Friday.
That doesn't sound like a large number until you multiply it by Google's average number of daily visitors... 500 million. Apparently that comes to a global total of 4,819,352 hours spent playing Pac-Man on just Sunday May 23. It's even scarier when you realise that the Pac-Man game was actually online for two days. The total tally of scuppered man-hours might be closer to 10 million... or 250 million dollars...
When I originally covered RescueTime I had no idea it would be used to produce such fantastic statistics! Its primary purpose is producing detailed breakdowns of your browsing habits -- and there's a version for both Chrome and Firefox!
[Incidentally, if you missed it the first time around, Google has set up a permanent Pac-Man search page!]
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Subscribe to commentsThrushMay 25th 2010 9:51AM
Oh for goodness sake. I hate these statistics that deal in imaginary money. How much does going to the bathroom cost the world each day? What about yawning? Or blinking?
Sebastian AnthonyMay 25th 2010 9:52AM
I've often extolled the virtues of a society that doesn't waste time showering.
And imagine if you saved up your poo into weekly or fortnightly deposits. The savings would be immense.
Ryan MoranoMay 25th 2010 4:47PM
There is/was an app for that. It was called Pricey Poop. You clocked how long it took to drop the kids off at the pool, and multiplied it by your hourly wage.
ranmaMay 25th 2010 10:24AM
How does Google earn $$ when people spend more time on their homepage?? it doesnt have any ads
Sebastian AnthonyMay 25th 2010 10:30AM
No, it cost the WORLD that much in collectively lost man-hours.