Google is now publishing information on Flu Trends. Take a look, I think it’s interesting that they have correlated the level of flu activity to the number of Google searches for information about Flu. They show a map of the US with current level of flu activity and you can see the trend for the US as a whole or for an individual state.
I wonder if they can “forecast” when Christmas is approaching based on the number of Santa searches.
What else might they be able to map and trend for us?
Tell me what you’ld like to see them publish.
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I heard about this on the radio a while ago… it’s pretty cool.
By: Melodie on December 13, 2008
at 2:12 pm