Google Trends is a service that launched in May 2006 that allows you to see how popular search terms have been over time on Google. You can also see how popular web sites are, along with related demographic information as estimated by Google. Google Hot Trends is a subsection of Google Trends launched in May 2007 that shows the “hottest” searches at Google on an hourly basis.

Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search

Sep 28, 2009 at 6:45pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Twitter and real time search continues to attract buzz, and Google's reacting by positioning its "Hot Trends" information in a place where more people will see it, within Google's regular search results. Starting around 3:45 Pacific Time today, those searching on topics that are spiking or "hot" in popularity should see a new Hot Trends OneBox near the bottom of the search results page and just above the related search area, similar to below: Here's another example: "The idea behind the [Hot Trends] OneBox is to not only provide you with search results as you'd want but al [...]

Filed in: Features: General, Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers, Google: Trends, Top News

Google Launches “Google Internet Stats”

Sep 10, 2009 at 9:40am ET by Barry Schwartz

It appears Google has pulled together a bunch of statistics throughout the web and created a small landing page named Google Internet Stats on the Google UK front. The page explains that this service "brings together the latest industry facts and insights together in one place." Google collected this data from many third party vendors, on a wide range of topics. In fact, you can submit your data using this form. Here is a picture of the mobile technology internet stats from this tool: The categories of statistics include: - Consumer Trends -- Community -- Entertainment -- Infor [...]

Filed in: Google: Marketing, Google: Trends, Stats: General, Top News

Google Giving Stock Tips With Domestic Trends

Sep 4, 2009 at 9:29am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google Blog announced a new trends project named within Google Finance named Google Domestic Trends. In short, Google tracks searches on Google.com and then groups those search volume metrics into industry sectors. Google will then plot the search volume by several industry sectors on a trends graph and allow you to then overall stocks and indices on top of those search volume trends. For example, I plotted Continental Airlines stock price on Google's domestic trends index for airline travel: Google thinks there may be some useful insight into search volume for economic forecas [...]

Filed in: Google: Finance, Google: Trends

Google Trends Features ASCII Art Of 9/11

Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51pm ET by Barry Schwartz

A reader tipped us off to how ASCII art of an airplane is showing up in the number two position at Google Trends. When we first looked ourselves, we thought the image was that of an airplane approaching a landing strip. But a reader suggests it represents a far more disturbing scene, that of an airplane crashing into New York's former World Trade Center towers on 9/11. The ASCII image is this ✈ ▌▌. Below, how it appeared on Google Trends: The "Hotness" level is "Volcanic," which is hottest level Google Hot Trends can see. The related searches include trends, google trends, be [...]

Filed in: Google: Trends, Search & Society: General, Top News

Google 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist; Fastest Rising Searches

Dec 3, 2008 at 8:29am ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski

Google's official list of the most popular search activity for 2008, aka Zeitgeist, has yet to make its debut, but the search giant has been leaking out tasty tidbits of data to get us salivating for even more search data. The fastest-rising search terms of 2008 Obama Facebook Att iPhone YouTube Fox news Palin Beijing 2008 David Cook Surf the channel These queries have seen the most growth since 2007. It will be interesting to see which ones stick around for 2009, and compare scorecards at that point. Facebook, iPhone and YouTube are the most likely candidates, th [...]

Filed in: Google, Google: Product Search, Google: Trends, Stats: Search Behavior

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