Friday, January 15, 2010
Google Trends
As search moves towards real-time you can keep ahead of current search trends by looking at Google Trends where today you will see that the hot topics today are
1. today solar eclipse
2. haiti quake
3. port-au-prince
4. coakley
5. google china
6. scott brown
7. conan leno
8. american idol
9. tonight show
10. bin laden
And the most common searches are, today
1. rob lowe
2. jeron lewis
3. stephanie mills
4. hilary hahn
5. haitian relief efforts
6. sundiata gaines
7. james vanderbeek
8. jersey shore episode 7 online
9. kimmel on leno
10. jimmy kimmel on jay leno
If you then go down the page you will see a search box for hot topics and if for example I put in SEO as a search terms it produces the real-time ie current results for that term with results literally appearing before your eyes as you look. (You can of course obtain the same real-time search by going to the normal Google search and then at the left hand side choose Options and then Latest) The current view is;
New results will appear below as they become available.
RT @tweetmeme Best SEO Practices
Best SEO Practices | Morgan Web Design - webdesign-gm.co.ukoliblake - twitter.com - 1 minute ago
A Principal Goal Of SEO Should Be Customer Loyalty: How search engine optimization (SEO) profe… bit.ly/7qMMQm #SEO #Referencementdjabdou50 - twitter.com - 1 minute ago
A Principal Goal Of SEO Should Be Customer Loyalty bit.ly/8MET6G #SEO #Referencementdjabdou50 - twitter.com - 1 minute agoContent Writer, Link Builder & SEO (London) |
You will see that most of the real-time results are from Twitter although frequently indexed blogs and press releases will also be quickly picked up by the hot topics search. Using Google trends Hot Searches is an excellent way to keep on top of the buzz about your industry.
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