Google Trends is Useful During Coronavirus, Coronavirus is creating extreme change. The search community is heading toward Google Trends for insights. Google Trends is becoming more useful now in this moment than at any other time.

Google Trends offers a peek into search trends as the world goes through massive upheavals due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Search Trends Shifting Rapidly

Lily Ray noted how exploring Google Trends is something SEO professionals should consider visiting.

Search trends are shifting in an unprecedented manner.  This is business as unusual.

Getting into Google Trends is important because everything is changing in profound ways.

Animated Time Lapse of Search Trends

This time lapse shows the growing popularity of baking bread and the declining popularity of baking cake. Animated time lapse is not available on Google Trends but the data in the time lapse is available.

Google Trends Time Lapse

A useful way to discover insights is to view the different time phases, like a time lapse.

Use the time settings to see the differences across your region at the 12 month, 90 day, 30 day, and 7 day trends.

This will show what people are doing, what their interests are and what their mood is.

Time lapse is not a feature in Google Trends.

It’s something you have to create for yourself..

Rebecca Lehmann (@BeckyLehmann)  tweeted a time lapse of how Google’s search trends can reveal the mood of a nation.

Her Google Trends snapshots show the progression from 12 months ago to 7 days ago of how people gradually shifted away from cakes and toward baking bread, a more practical staple.

Money is Trending… Who Would Have Guessed?!

Taking advantage of the sinking stock market is something else that’s top of mind during coronavirus epidemic.

How to Buy Stocks is trending:

These are the top five states wanting to learn about buying stocks:

Boredom During Self-Isolation

The phrase I’m Bored (in Spanish) was trending in Spain. That may indicate people who are out of work and forced to stay at home unable to socialize.

Toilet Paper is Trending in Spain as Well

It’s nice to know we’re not alone in our lust for toilet paper.

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