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Fun with Google TrendsMy friend Kevin Barker mentioned how much fun he was having with Google Trends, not looking for any specific trends, but just looking for fun patterns and shapes. I thought I'd pass along the thought for those of you with time on your hands this weekend :-) Many of the examples on the Google Trends home page have interesting shapes, but here are a few of the fun searches Kevin mentioned: Periodicity: full moon, cinco de mayo vs. groundhog day One thing that this makes me think is that Google ought to explore the concept of "interestingness", like flickr does. I've been meaning to blog on that subject. RSN.
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Comments: 9
Ben Tucker [12 August 2006 07:33 AM]
Apparently, we only try to cook on Thanksgiving and Christmas:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=recipe
Ben Tucker [12 August 2006 07:41 AM]
Doh! it's the end of the semester already!?
http://www.google.com/trends?q=free+essays
(though the silver lining on this one is it would appear this type of blatant plagiarism is trending downward)
Ben Tucker [12 August 2006 09:15 AM]
Looks like there are lots of mommies kissing Santa Claus:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=cheat
Tim [12 August 2006 10:23 AM]
http://www.google.com/trends?q=stupid+bush
Greg Wilson [13 August 2006 01:46 PM]
If you're trendspotting, Blogscope is a very cool tool as well: http://blogscope.db.toronto.edu/.
Alex Schultz [13 August 2006 04:03 PM]
my favorite for seasonality is always http://www.google.com/trends?q=sunglasses&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all nothing that surprising just pretty cool in general
Richard Sutton [13 August 2006 06:10 PM]
nice seasonality counterpoint
http://www.google.com/trends?q=skiing%2C+sunglasses&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
Richard Sutton [13 August 2006 06:12 PM]
I guess we all live in the northern hemisphere.
Dan Zambonini [15 August 2006 08:43 AM]
What's more interesting about the skiing example is that it produces a graph that resembles a mountain range!