e-Margaux Zeitgeist: Great White Sharks!

One of the fascinating aspects of publishing a 'zine is the ability to "monitor the pulse" around the world. Because we track and analyze which stories, categories, pages and advertisements are being accessed at e-Margaux.com and e-Marginalia.com, we can observe the trends and fluctuations in the global travel marketplace. And lately, for around five weeks, there's been a mounting interest in great white sharks. A rapidly growing percentage of our readers are arriving at our site after searching for one of these terms: Great White Great Whites Great White Shark Great White Shark Dive Great White Shark Diving Great White Shark Fact Great White Shark Image Great White Shark Info Great White Shark Information Great White Shark Photo Great White Shark Pic Great White Shark Picture Great White Sharks Largest Great White Shark There are two reasons that it's a little surprising, the first obviously being the wonder why so many people are currently obsessed with the topic. The second reason is why so many readers are finding us. The article they are reading, Patric Douglas' "Isla Guadalupe: Mexico’s Great White Sharks", does have an amazing photo gallery, and the story is informative. But a quick search for great white sharks at Google News reveals plenty of current alternatives. So the mystery remains...