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Meh. A bit of a weak article IMO. It just seems to be a bit biased against this "strange new technology". The main (and interesting) point is that heavy media
by Jabbles 14y ago
Meh. A bit of a weak article IMO. It just seems to be a bit biased against this "strange new technology".
The main (and interesting) point is that heavy media coverage of flu caused people who weren't ill to search for it, which Google's algorithm misinterpreted.
- ananyob 14y agoBit unfair. The article repeatedly says there are promising techniques for crowd-sourcing etc and that Google Flu Trends has been quite accurate in the past. Also says that a few methods have entered the mainstream. It's a rather good overview of the efforts for tracking flu IMHO.