Week 5 CEDo 540 Trends in Searching in the World of Google

This week I entered into another fascinating province in the world of Google, that place was Google Trends. I am amazed at how the Google team continues to think of reasons not to leave their universe and how creative they are in bringing the newest twist and turn to searching online. Before I enrolled in the MEIT graduate program searching online for me was very basic, extremely basic. I did not understand databases as they related to searching online. I did not use any specific search engine to locate information, I simply typed in a topic and waited to see what the results yielded.

Now, I have learned so much more about effective searches and the ranking of results yielded in a search. I am really enjoying learning more about Google product, especially because they are free. After exploring Google Trends and Google Insights for Search, I found them to be enlightening. However, I am not sure how I would be able to use them in my current position. This tool I believe would be very helpful for businesses or others who need to do market research of some sort before making decisions.

Will I ever use Google Trends or Google Insights for Search? I am not sure, it is possible. It did allow me to see what were some hot topics and what were not. I may not always be working in the capacity I currently do and I may one day need services such as those. I do have a new resource to tuck away in case I need it.