Friday Fun - Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
MacGyver? Or Jack Bauer?
macgyver 
“jack bauer”
October 20, 2006
October 13, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
Today, of course, is Friday the 13th.
Which brings more bad luck, Friday the 13th or having a black cat cross your path? Google Trends won’t tell you that, but it will compare how often those terms are searched.
“friday the 13th” “black cat”
Other things that bring bad luck: singing before breakfast, three butterflies together, and sending explicit text messages to Congressional pages barely a third your age.
October 6, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
Folks searching Google are a lot more interested in “last week” than “next week,” though “next week” has shown something of a rally in 2006 (and briefly spiked past “last week” in the middle of 2005).
“last week” “next week”
However, “this week” trounces them both.
September 29, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
I have never in my memory seen a team take every snap of a quarter like Auburn did in the third quarter last night.
Comparing the number of searches for Tuberville and Spurrier… I guess Tuberville doesn’t get the respect.
tuberville spurrier
September 22, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
All You Need is Love Me Tender
beatles elvis
September 15, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
The fall television season is starting up.
nbc cbs 
abc
September 8, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms.
I can’t think of any other searches off-hand that would give us the spikes we get below.
And not that it makes any difference, but curiosity makes me wonder (for probably no more than 7 seconds) why Labor Day was down a bit in 2005 while Memorial Day was up a bit in 2006.
“labor day” “memorial day”
September 1, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Football weekend… and Google Trends lets you compare search volumes for multiple terms. Like the treasure trove of sports trivia buried in my brain, it’s mildly interesting and not-so-terribly-useful.
Actually, the outcome of this comparison surprised me a bit…
“war eagle” “roll tide”
August 25, 2006
Friday Fun: Google Trends
Google Trends from Google Labs (what kind of image does that conjure?) allows you to look at broad search patterns for any search terms you choose. You can also enter multiple terms to see how they compare in search volume. Which means you can get vaguely interesting (and not too important) comparisons like this:
“jay leno” “david letterman”
