The #9 search term on ask.com for the week ending January 29th:
“How to get pregnant”
This is pretty funny at first blush. But it’s curious at second.
Google Trends shows searches for this prase nearly tripling from June to December, 2008.
Do tough economic times make it harder to conceive?
Interestingly, the United Arab Emirates is the #1 source for this search, significantly ahead of the U.S.–even though the U.S. has 75 times the population. A Google News search doesn’t turn up any recent changes in UAE policies that might explain that. Go figger.