DISQUS

Carlos Granier-Phelps · 1 year ago

Breaking News... Blu-Ray comes from behind and double-stuns HD-DVD.

Thanks to Alex for pointing out that getting the terms correct goes a long way when analyzing Google Trends!

Good thing I put that disclaimer about "preposterous conclusions" on the first post of this series. ROFL!
Alex · 1 year ago

Chris Saylor points out it's still a pretty close race, I wouldn't place my bets yet! http://rubyurl.com/tfX
cgranier · 1 year ago

Wow... Thanks for that tip about the "|" operator. Just gave me a ton more ideas!

You can see a list of all the available operators you can use on the Google Trends About page.

There's a ton of different options you can use.

Thanks Chris and Alex.
Carlos Granier-Phelps · 1 year ago

Hey, using a modified query to account for possible variation of both terms, HD-DVD pulls ahead again.

Check out http://tinyurl.com/ys7crq where I compare "hd-dvd | hddvd | hd dvd" against "blu-ray | blueray | bluray | blue-ray"

Take that, Blu-ray! ;-)