Google Insights shows what sites are mainstream and which ones are still early adopter

http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/early-adopters-vs-the-mainstream-google-insights-points-out-websites-only-used-by-silicon-valley-nerds.html

by andrew_null • 18 years ago

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Mistone3• 18 years ago

super cool tool, thanks for the tip andrew. This is a nice top level analysis and correlation, leave hardcore research to analysts. I'm all for "putting in keywords are looking at pretty graphs."

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bprater• 18 years ago

Correct grammar and punctuation please.

Mistone3• 18 years ago

are you kidding? -3 points down? I'm not writing a dissertation I'm making a comment.

pongle• 18 years ago

A very interesting look at the results of Google Insights. When I have a moment I'll see if I can find public sales/growth figures for a few companies and compare them to their Google Insight results to see whether there is any correlation.

Morieris• 18 years ago

Obligatory self-referential search for ycombinator: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=ycombinato...

wildwood• 18 years ago

And if you limit the time-frame to the last 12 months, everything but CA disappears. I guess everybody in the northeast who's interested already has it bookmarked?

GavinB• 18 years ago

Twitter's heavy focus in states with major cities probably looks very much like early graphs of cell phone use. I still have a hard time imagining it spreading, but I guess I haven't been bit by the twitterbug yet.

phil_KartMe• 18 years ago

TechCrunch notes that:

"Chen included the '.com” at the end of each site’s name when he created his maps (”techcrunch.com,” “twitter.com,” etc.)....Only nerds add the “.com” in the search box when they are looking for a site."

This affects results significantly.

here is the TC link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/12/if-you-are-a-techcrunch...

Google Insights shows what sites are mainstream and which ones are still early adopter

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