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> Then looking at searches is another poor proxy because once you've figured out what G+ is, why search for it? Same applies to Twitter, so the comparison is f
by arturadib 14y ago
> Then looking at searches is another poor proxy because once you've figured out what G+ is, why search for it?
Same applies to Twitter, so the comparison is fair.
- ok_craig 14y agoI think that what he means is, if you're on G+ and you go to Google, there's already a link to your G+ profile at the top for you. You just click it, instead of searching. And then if you want to find something specific maybe you do the search in G+.
- arturadib 14y agoIf we're going to include external links we should also remember that Twitter is built into iOS, so it's stats are also severely underrepresented. Yet their Google Trends curves are going in opposite directions...
- ChuckMcM 14y agoI'm not arguing that it is a wrong comparison, I'm arguing that it is different. My claim is that Google works hard to make sure you see Google+ results regardless so explicitly searching for them is not well represented in the trends Google reports on searches. It might be interesting to compare those trends from Bing for example. My reasoning is that Google has a vested interest in surfacing G+ results and they don't have the same interest in surfacing Twitter results. I can be completely wrong here, let me know that by telling me why my reasoning is flawed or why my premise is flawed.