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This is really fascinating. An quick eyeball glance suggests that Google Trends lags behind this data by 1-2 years (correlation isn't strong, but seems to be pr
by ericjang 10y ago
This is really fascinating. An quick eyeball glance suggests that Google Trends lags behind this data by 1-2 years (correlation isn't strong, but seems to be present).
http://imgur.com/a/shgmG http://imgur.com/a/shgmG
One could have used this data to long shares of public companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and short Ebay, Yahoo, and Myspace.
Crystal balls have many uses ;)
- mahmud 10y agoOf course Google Trends lags behind, it tracks waves of trends as they ripple through the public consciousness. YC applicants are a small, and a very technically advanced, minority of the larger population.
- nl 10y agoBut that means that these trends actually are predictive, and not just constrained to the SV echo chamber.