Google Trends Articles

Google Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., based on Google Search, that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. The horizontal axis of the main graph represents time (starting from 2004), and the vertical is how often a term is searched for relative to the total number of searches, globally. Below the main graph, popularity is broken down by countries, regions, cities and...

Spiking YouTube Content with Google Trends [Creator's Tip #84]

There's a secret weapon out there when it comes to deciding what kind of content you want to make. Google Trends can tell you what is popular and when it's popular so you can decide how best to take advantage of those trending topics.

The YouTube Advertiser Wish List: YouTube, Get On This (Part 3)

After we talked about what we'd like YouTube to do for uploaders and viewers, now it's the advertisers' turn. What would they really want out of the YouTube experience if they could make wishes and get it to happen? Consider this Part 3 of The YouTube Wish List, in which we rub our magic lamps and hope the genie has YouTube skills.

YouTube Searches Now Part of Google Trends

Google Trends now has YouTube searches going back to 2008. You want to know when certain topics are trending? Go to Google Trends and enter in some search terms. It's a good way to figure out some tentpoling opportunities, or just spending time analyzing good old-fashioned data.

YouTube Trends: Find Out What Videos Are Going Viral Right Now

YouTube technically announced YouTube Trends about a week ago, in a blog post regarding the most-watched videos of the year.  It was a casual link in the last paragraph for readers interested in seeing more detailed year-end lists.  But today they're giving Trends a more ...

Yahoo's New Keyword Research & Comparison Tool, Clues, Is Google Trends With A Kick

If you care at all about having your content ranked well on search engines, then you're probably familiar with the concept of keyword research.  At least, I hope you are.  No matter what our egos tell us, it's nearly impossible to accurately optimize a webpage ...