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Correlation != Causation. Fewer people searching for "Google Plus" as a search term may in fact mean the exact opposite to what you're suggesting: the service m
by richardkeller 14y ago
Correlation != Causation. Fewer people searching for "Google Plus" as a search term may in fact mean the exact opposite to what you're suggesting: the service may have become popular enough that people know how to get to it without requiring a search. Certainly, for anyone who uses Google as a search engine, the "+You" link is only one click away.
Edit: Taking a closer look at the trends link you provided, the bulk of the traffic relating to Google Plus occurred in the first 3 months of it being announced, after which traffic has remained fairly constant. This suggests that the initial peak was an initial surge of people searching for "Google Plus" to try and find out more about it.
It's easy to try and gleam meaning from the search data, but you need to be careful in the interpretation. On the other hand, it's curious to note that "Facebook" has maintained an order of magnitude higher search traffic than "Google Plus", despite Facebook being globally well-known.
- arturadib 14y agoThe same can be said about Twitter, so the comparison is fair and the fact that their trends are opposite remains meaningful.
- alexlitov 14y agoGoogle Trends for G+, Twitter, Facebook http://www.google.com/trends/?q=google+plus,+google%2B,+twitter,+facebook&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=1 http://www.google.com/trends/?q=google+plus,+google%2B,+twit...
- bad_user 14y agoThat comparisson isn't fair as Facebook/Twitter are also the names of the corresponding companies and Facebook just went through a rough IPO (not to mention all the privacy issues people keep complaining about). For apples to apples, this is the graph you should be looking at: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=Google,+Facebook,+Twitter&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=2 http://www.google.com/trends/?q=Google,+Facebook,+Twitter... Also add the fact that many go to FB by searching it on Google, which pollutes those results.