Seven times more research for Notre Dame on Google than for the Sri Lanka attacks

Googel's search for Notre Dame was the highest in most of the world, especially in the Western Hemisphere, the Periscope broadcast.

The fire that destroyed Notre Dame cathedral received 7 times more Google research than the explosions that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday and killed nearly 300 people.

According to Google data, the results of the search for both disasters since have been complete, but comparisons between the two accounts show that the worldwide search interest was at least seven times greater for the words of “Notre Dame” compared to that “Sri Lanka” this past week.

Within 24 hours of both incidents, Googel Trends says Notre Dame fire recorded between five and nine times more search interest than Sri Lanka.

There were no reported deaths in the April 15th fire during the burning of Paris' famous Gothic cathedral, but data analysis finds it was only in three places; Neighboring India, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, where research into Sri Lanka's explosions exceeded those of Paris's fire.

Al Jazeera's data and SEO analyst Gabriele Kahlow said one of the factors behind the greatest interest in Notre Dame's research was her “appeal closer to home” for an English-speaking Western audience, Periscope forward.

“On the other hand, in India, Sri Lanka is “closer to home” and that this was reflected more in India's research trends,” he said.

We see this model all the time. When news of Ethiopia's crash exploded, Google Trends reported that people in America were looking for American crash victims”.

More than 500 people were injured in attacks in Sri Lanka on April 21st, which had a series of co-ordinated bombs in churches and hotels.

While Google does not issue the exact number of research, according to Trends, France, Mexico, Argentina, Italy, and Brazil all reported 90 percent more on Notre Dame than on Sri Lanka./ P ERISCOPI/