Google Flu Trends

So I am sick, possibly with the flu, and I remembered looking at Google Trends for the flu a while back so I though I’d post about it. Here is a video explaining it:

It is interesting to me how they use search terms data to put together these models. It makes me think about what else could be graphed like this that they haven’t done yet or how Google Trends can be used for research and gathering a sense of what the public is thinking and doing.


Specific links to pages of interest:

• Google Flu Trends
• About the data
• Current US Trends (You can also see trends by state.)
• Google Trends, (search by term)