Researchers told
Jan 11, 2024 7:19:36 GMT
Post by account_disabled on Jan 11, 2024 7:19:36 GMT
us they want to enter the trend of some real world activity and see which search terms best match that trend. In other words, they wanted a system that was like Google Trends but in reverse.
Google Correlate is the response, allowing you to upload your own data series and get back a list of search terms that correspond with the real world trend.
Taking Google Correlate for a Test Drive
Upon first learning about Google Correlate, I was a little more than confused; science has never been my strong suit. But the Google Correlate Tutorial is very helpful in explaining the details of how Google Correlate works in (mostly) layman’s terms.
Excited to experiment with Google’s latest plaything, I was at first put off to find that you are prompted to input your own time data series. Being quite allergic to anything more scientific than Bill Nye the Whatsapp Mobile Number List Science Guy, naturally I don’t just have time data lying around.
No worries, Google thought of that.
What you can do instead is put in your own search query, and then Google Correlate creates time series data based off of the query. Google has a nifty little comic book form to explain:
Google Correlate
Correlating with “Sunflower”
Testing this process out, I used the term “sunflower.” Google Correlate converts my query into a time series and pops back a list of queries that correlate when “sunflower” is searched.
Search Correlations
It seems appropriate that terms like “dress for a wedding” and “a bike” correlate with “sunflower,” all reminders of spring time.
When highlighting the term “a bike” Google Correlate shows me a line chart below. Not only do I get to see how the two terms correlate, I also get to see how searching for these terms has generally increased quite a bit over the years as people go to Google more often to answer their questions.
Web Search Activity
Correlations by US State
Google Correlate is the response, allowing you to upload your own data series and get back a list of search terms that correspond with the real world trend.
Taking Google Correlate for a Test Drive
Upon first learning about Google Correlate, I was a little more than confused; science has never been my strong suit. But the Google Correlate Tutorial is very helpful in explaining the details of how Google Correlate works in (mostly) layman’s terms.
Excited to experiment with Google’s latest plaything, I was at first put off to find that you are prompted to input your own time data series. Being quite allergic to anything more scientific than Bill Nye the Whatsapp Mobile Number List Science Guy, naturally I don’t just have time data lying around.
What you can do instead is put in your own search query, and then Google Correlate creates time series data based off of the query. Google has a nifty little comic book form to explain:
Google Correlate
Correlating with “Sunflower”
Testing this process out, I used the term “sunflower.” Google Correlate converts my query into a time series and pops back a list of queries that correlate when “sunflower” is searched.
Search Correlations
It seems appropriate that terms like “dress for a wedding” and “a bike” correlate with “sunflower,” all reminders of spring time.
When highlighting the term “a bike” Google Correlate shows me a line chart below. Not only do I get to see how the two terms correlate, I also get to see how searching for these terms has generally increased quite a bit over the years as people go to Google more often to answer their questions.
Web Search Activity
Correlations by US State
