Comments on: Predicting the future with Google Trends http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/ Thought streams on the future of tech and media Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: It’s Rishi » Google Trends predicted the Iowa Caucus? http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-203 It’s Rishi » Google Trends predicted the Iowa Caucus? Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:48:02 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/#comment-203 [...] Back in July 2006, I wrote a post titled Predicting the Future With Google Trends in which I described how Google Trends, which measures the relative search volume of keywords on Google, could have been used to reveal the relative popularity of real-world phenomena, such as who will win American Idol. [...] [...] Back in July 2006, I wrote a post titled Predicting the Future With Google Trends in which I described how Google Trends, which measures the relative search volume of keywords on Google, could have been used to reveal the relative popularity of real-world phenomena, such as who will win American Idol. [...]

]]> By: Rishi Khaitan http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Rishi Khaitan Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:14:56 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/#comment-202 Ed, Thanks for the comment! I completely agree with you that this is far from a black and white issue. Market forces, particularly what Google's competitors do, may indeed determine what becomes available to the public and at what price. What definitely is exciting is the thought of open databases created by people opting in to submit the data collected by their own personal attention recorders. Ed,

Thanks for the comment! I completely agree with you that this is far from a black and white issue. Market forces, particularly what Google’s competitors do, may indeed determine what becomes available to the public and at what price.

What definitely is exciting is the thought of open databases created by people opting in to submit the data collected by their own personal attention recorders.

]]> By: Ed Batista http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Ed Batista Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:20:57 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/07/05/predicting-the-future-with-google-trends/#comment-201 Hi Rishi, Ed Batista from AttentionTrust here. Very interesting post--some further thoughts on our blog at http://attentiontrust.org/node/356. Hi Rishi,
Ed Batista from AttentionTrust here. Very interesting post–some further thoughts on our blog at http://attentiontrust.org/node/356.

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