Google Trends
Alot is being written about Google Trends today. It’s a very interesting tool, especially for quick comparisons of search popularity. Further refining the results by city, region, language and date adds another useful element. I thought I’d give it a whirl with some commonly adversarial duos:
- Bill Gates v. Steve Jobs
- Paul Martin v. Stephen Harper
- George Bush v. John Kerry
- Jennifer Aniston v. Angelina Jolie
The best part of this tool is the linking to the news story that caused a spike on a certain date. It’s historical, of course, but if you were trying to compile a news timeline, for example, Google Trends would come in very handy.
Unfortunately, there isn’t enough search volume to show Betty Cooper v. Veronica Lodge. Oh well.
