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maybe someone else is falsifying google trends ?

by slim 5y ago

daenz 5y ago
I can't even confirm their statements, but I may be using google trends wrong: >More Russians are asking Google “how to leave Russia” than have done so in 18 years since such data became public. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=RU&q=how%20to%20leave%20Russia https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...
- moonshinefe 5y ago
  Why would they be searching in English? Also those numbers are "relative popularity" on a scale of 0-100. I'm seeing what the article claims here, more or less. But it's a little unclear exactly what search terms they were all checking.
  - daenz 5y ago
    >Why would they be searching in English? Good point, here's the Russian translation of "how to leave Russia", which doesn't appear to be much different than the English version. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%20%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... EDIT>> This is wrong! My mistake, when I translated, I accidentally switched the source country back to USA.
    - moonshinefe 5y ago
      I'm not sure what some of the spikes in years past were about, but again it's a scale of 'how popular the terms were' from 0-100 not a raw count. You can see it spiking hard recently compared to the average. Without seeing the raw numbers it's hard to tell exactly how significant it is though.
- gabereiser 5y ago
  The problem with this assumption is you think people “don’t know how to leave” so they must look it up on Google. I’m pretty sure people flee with family and friends together and don’t need instructions on how to get out of Dodge. You can look at news reports of the foot traffic coming from Russia. You can look at social media on the dissent with the war before Putin axed access. This skepticism is good for assessing the feasibility of a solution, it’s not good when peoples lives are on the line and there’s plenty of reporting from the ground. Wake up.
- hervature 5y ago
  Here is the Russian translation (I am not Russian speaking, just used a translator) that is much more proof and addresses another comment on your post. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=RU&q=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%20%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...
- lern_too_spel 5y ago
  The article gave you the search terms they used. Why would you make up your own? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&geo=RU&q=%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0,%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5,%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F,%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&ge...
ajross 5y ago
It's an aggregate over (almost) all the search traffic on the internet. That would be an awfully tall order even for the US government to pull off undetected.

maybe someone else is falsifying google trends ?

by slim 5y ago

maybe someone else is falsifying google trends ?

I can't even confirm their statements, but I may be using google trends wrong: >More Russians are asking Google “how to leave Russia” than have done so in 18 years since such data became public. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=RU&q=how%20to%20leave%20Russia https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

moonshinefe 5y ago
Why would they be searching in English? Also those numbers are "relative popularity" on a scale of 0-100. I'm seeing what the article claims here, more or less. But it's a little unclear exactly what search terms they were all checking.
- daenz 5y ago
  >Why would they be searching in English? Good point, here's the Russian translation of "how to leave Russia", which doesn't appear to be much different than the English version. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%20%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... EDIT>> This is wrong! My mistake, when I translated, I accidentally switched the source country back to USA.
  - moonshinefe 5y ago
    I'm not sure what some of the spikes in years past were about, but again it's a scale of 'how popular the terms were' from 0-100 not a raw count. You can see it spiking hard recently compared to the average. Without seeing the raw numbers it's hard to tell exactly how significant it is though.
gabereiser 5y ago
The problem with this assumption is you think people “don’t know how to leave” so they must look it up on Google. I’m pretty sure people flee with family and friends together and don’t need instructions on how to get out of Dodge. You can look at news reports of the foot traffic coming from Russia. You can look at social media on the dissent with the war before Putin axed access. This skepticism is good for assessing the feasibility of a solution, it’s not good when peoples lives are on the line and there’s plenty of reporting from the ground. Wake up.
hervature 5y ago
Here is the Russian translation (I am not Russian speaking, just used a translator) that is much more proof and addresses another comment on your post. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=RU&q=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%20%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...
lern_too_spel 5y ago
The article gave you the search terms they used. Why would you make up your own? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&geo=RU&q=%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0,%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5,%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F,%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&ge...

ajross 5y ago

It's an aggregate over (almost) all the search traffic on the internet. That would be an awfully tall order even for the US government to pull off undetected.