Bacon chocolate, e-cards and other Valentine trends

When in doubt, ask the Internet.

Google has combed through recent search trends to get an idea of what people are thinking this Valentine's Day. (It's on Thursday, folks, in case it slipped your mind. Better get busy.)

According to Google, in the past 30 days, more people were looking for gift ideas for the special men in their life than for wives or girlfriends. Wooing with gifts appears to be a bigger priority for couples in the early stages of a relationship. There were 59% more searches for "gifts for girlfriend" than "gifts for wife" and 292% more searches for "gifts for boyfriend" than for "gifts for husband."

Then again, maybe men are just trickier to shop for on Valentine's Day, and after a few years of marriage, people know their significant other's preferences cold and don't need the assistance of a search engine, Kazinform has learnt from CNN.

When it comes to gifts, flowers and food are still the dominant choices, though there are some signs of creativity in recent search terms. The most popular flower searches after roses were orchids, lilies, tulips and carnations.

In the sweets category, plain old chocolate is the most popular, but milk chocolate was 37% more popular than dark chocolate in the past month. During that same period, the number of searches for "heart shaped cake" surged 4,900% and "healthy chocolate" 110%.

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