Just Discovered Google Trends

Pretty cool feature over on Google I hadn’t seen before last night – Google Trends records the number of times people use a search word over a given period of time. It then cross references peaks and valleys with items from the news that might correlate. You can even list competing words on the same chart. I’ll list some as an example, I thought it might be fun to introduce a bunch of you to this cool resource.

GOOGLE TRENDS
youth ministry
purpose driven
fundamentalism
Mariah Carey (talk about a comeback)
Xbox 360
Star Wars vs. Star Trek (this should solve this debate)
surfing vs. skiing

About the Author: Josh Griffin

Josh Griffin is one of the leading voices in youth ministry with 25+ years experience in the trenches, currently serving as the junior high pastor at Mariners Church and before that the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church. He's the co-founder of DownloadYouthMinistry.com, YMUniversity.com and heard in 400+ episodes of the DYM Podcast w/Doug Fields. He's created more than 50 youth ministry resources and authored several books including 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders. Josh and his wife Angela have 4 kids, which are now all teenagers! Contact Josh | Speaking Requests