Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High

Posted by kcy on Friday September 25, 2009 @02:54AM
from the google.org dept.

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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by jhickner on Friday September 25, 2009 @03:20AM (#843069)

Looks scary, but are trending search terms still reliable when those terms are all over the news?

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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by roc on Friday September 25, 2009 @10:52AM (#843550)

Indeed.

I'd imagine searches for 'kidnapping' spike every time a pretty young white woman goes missing too.

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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by Anon84 on Friday September 25, 2009 @10:17AM (#843481)

For more up to date information and projections: www.gleamviz.org (pardon the shameless self promotion)

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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by bhseo on Friday September 25, 2009 @07:59AM (#843292)

The other 3 country graphs show business as usual. I'd say it's mostly because everyone in the US is freaking out.

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