Google Trends
public outlet of Google that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume
Google Trends is a website by Google that provides users the ability to analyze the popularity of top search queries in Google Search as well as YouTube across various regions, time ranges, and categories. The website uses timeline and average graphs to compare the relative search interest of compared queries over a certain period of time.
On August 5, 2008, Google launched Google Insights for Search, a more sophisticated and advanced service displaying search trends data. On September 27, 2012, Google merged Google Insights for Search into Google Trends.
History
2000s
Originally, Google neglected updating Google Trends on a regular basis. In March 2007, internet bloggers noticed that Google had not added new data since November 2006, and Trends was updated within a week. Google did not update Trends from March until July 30, and only after it was blogged about, again. Google now claims to be "updating the information provided by Google Trends daily; Hot Trends is updated hourly." As of April 2025, data on the Google Trends website shows updates every minute, with a 4 minute delay, when the timeline parameter is set to "Past hour."
On August 6, 2008, Google launched a free service called Insights for Search. Insights for Search is an extension of Google Trends and although the tool is meant for marketers, it can be utilized by any user. The tool allows for the tracking of various words and phrases that are typed into Google's search-box.
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