Saturday, December 4, 2010

Autocompleted Canada

Taking inspiration from The United States of Autocomplete, I've autocompleted Canada, particularly the provinces and territories:

AutocompletingCanada.jpg

Apologies to Google for massacring their Google Map of Canada.

In Summary?
Canada's search results are generally more boring, more functional, less amusing. For the most part, it's the sort of search results you'd expect.

British Columbia
... is a great place to get your education:

  • colleges
  • institiute of technology
  • news
  • universities

I checked 'BC' just to see if 'BC Bud' would be in the top list, and it isn't.

Alberta
... is a good place to convalesce:

  • health services
  • jobs
  • blue cross
  • health care

Saskatchewan
... is all about football:

  • roughriders
  • jobs
  • weather
  • time zone

Manitoba
... is all about the hockey:

  • moose
  • hydro
  • judge
  • health

Ontario
... is a good place to bring the kids:

  • place
  • colleges
  • parks
  • science centre

Quebec
... is a nice place to visit, maybe do some shopping:

  • city
  • city hotels
  • tourism
  • sales tax

New Brunswick
... is just finishing an election:

  • election
  • election results
  • tourism
  • leper colony

I have to admit, I was caught totally off-guard by that last one. Someone in New Brunswick Tourism has gotta get to work on the SEO.

Nova Scotia
... is still excited about electricity.

  • power
  • bank
  • weather
  • real estate

Prince Edward Island
... is a nice place to visit or live.

  • tourism
  • real estate
  • national park
  • university

Newfoundland
... is mostly for locals:

  • news
  • weather
  • power
  • tourism

Labrador
... is going to the dogs:

  • retriever
  • city
  • tea
  • iron mines

Yukon
... is indie rock:

  • blonde
  • news
  • college
  • jobs

Northwest Territories
... is looking for work:

  • jobs
  • government
  • tourism
  • map

Nunavut
... is looking for work:

  • jobs
  • government
  • tourism
  • arctic college

Autocompleted Cities

Seemed worth covering some of the bigger cities in Canada as well.

Vancouver

  • sun
  • canucks
  • weather
  • airport

Edmonton

  • oilers
  • journal
  • sun
  • weather

Calgary

  • herald
  • flames
  • weather
  • sun

Winnipeg

  • free press
  • sun
  • weather
  • blue bombers

Toronto

  • star
  • weather
  • sun
  • maple leafs

Ottawa

  • citizen
  • weather
  • sun
  • senators

Montreal

  • canadiens
  • gazette
  • weather
  • hotels

Quebec City

  • hotels
  • weather
  • attractions
  • airport

For the most part, this just shows that Canadian cities care about the news, weather and hockey.

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