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Using Google Trends to try to divine how "alive" something is is fruitless, as the graphs you get are displaying the percentage of all internet searches that th
by Mithaldu 13y ago
Using Google Trends to try to divine how "alive" something is is fruitless, as the graphs you get are displaying the percentage of all internet searches that that use that term. Since the internet is constantly growing and new terms are being added all the time, it is impossible to say whether a declining graph on google trends means that absolute number of searches are going down or up.
- chaz 13y agoNet new search terms aren't being added at the rate you think. Try searching for highly generic terms such as "food" or "blue" and it's pretty much flat. While many new terms are being added, old terms are getting obsoleted almost as fast. The point still stands: share of web interest in RSS has still been displaced by other ways of spending time. Whether it's social media, Netflix, or cat photos, RSS simply hasn't grown with the rest of the web.
- Mithaldu 13y agoThis isn't even about new search terms. Consider: http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=food#q=porn&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=food#q=porn&cmpt=q (Also, who the hell would need to google for RSS?)