Category: Science/Tech | Posted by laraib 1520 days ago

Correction: Originally this post said the spreadsheet mapped search term hits by country, but it actually maps how much search terms are related to a given country. Apologies for the mistake!
Google expert Philipp Lenssen has come up with a brilliant spreadsheet that creates a world map colored by how often a term gets Googled by country closely a search term is related to a particular country. Data nerds will love this: The sheet dynamically pulls in the number of results for a given search term and updates a map widget with colors representing the totals. After the jump, check out what the map looks like for a search for "lifehacker."


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In Lenssen's example, Brazil is highly-related to the search term "samba."
To map your own search term of interest, make an editable copy of this spreadsheet and enter your keyword in the bottom left cell. Google data nerds, hit up Phillip's original post for a full explanation of how this works. Really cool stuff.
Creating a Googleshare Map With Google Spreadsheets [Google Blogoscoped]
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