Comments on: Google Flu Trends

By: lovemeordie236

lovemeordie236 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:50:05 +0000

Im lucky to live in Texas ^^

By: ted

ted — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:12:45 +0000

Does this take into account all the people who were searching for someone named Flo, but had a typo?

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:06:37 +0000

Hell, I wouldn't want to infect a Texan either.

By: DOJ

DOJ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:04:33 +0000

Look at the map. Florida has a runny nose.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:48:47 +0000

I wonder how this is adjusted. I mean, you couldn't just use the raw numbers, they'd be meaningless - even us British understand that some states are more populous than others.

D'yer reckon they've adjusted it for population density, or by proportion who have internet access, or proportion literate enough to use a connection or what?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:03:03 +0000

Seems like Texas is immune.

By: cheechman85

cheechman85 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:27:48 +0000

Rocky, I never thought of it that way. I mean the trends are raw data and I guess it interpreted many different ways.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:54:05 +0000

Yeah, but where is this going next? I'm sure there are other trends google is sending to the feds that the public isn't aware of.