May 12, 2012

Presidential Hopefuls Get a Good Googleing





Google Insights for Search is a neat little app that allows you to get a better sense of what Google users are searching for by region and over time.  It was made famous with Google Flu by demonstrating that by just using Google searches for words like "flu" we could see how the flu was spreading across the nation and do so about two weeks before the Center for Disease Control predictions allowed.

Below is the current 3-month report for Google searches conducted nationwide which included the terms "Obama" or "Romney".  If you would like to learn more about Google Insights for Search, use the tool, or just keep checking in as November approaches you can do so by Googling it.