> Crist=F3v=E3o Dalla Costa wrote: > = > > I think Google is losing volume. According to this link = > both windows = > > and linux are losing interest: > > = > > = > http://www.google.com/trends?q=3Dwindows%2C+linux&ctab=3D0&geo=3Dall&date= =3Dal > > l&sort=3D0 > = > I'm not sure about this, but this Google Trend seems to yield = > some strange results... = > = > > = > The USA not even among the top 10? It probably works on the deltas, not the actual volume (and is then pounded into shape god knows how). Americans are always looking for hot babes, so the change in the number of searches week to week won't vary much, even although the volume is always high. A small market will be more 'volatile', eg 10 searches last week & 11 this week means a 10% rise, hard to achieve in a bigger market that has 10,000 per week. You can have fun on the stock exchange doing this, you can get 1000 shares in one buy, or make 100 buys of 10 each. Depending on how it gets reported, people will react differently. The second method will make the stock appear to be more heavily traded. The 'pump & dump' scammers do this. 100 trades today! OMG, hot stock! BUY! BUY! (Tip - check the volumes & averages!) It's hard to tell if Google trends mean anything without knowing the numbers behind it, although checking a term across all searches, (not comparing areas), would be accurate (no 'adjustments' needed). Would probably be ok checking two equal areas, eg same # of net users in a city. Tony -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist