Now this is interesting. Using Google Trends, I compared the popularity of the search terms Flickr, WebShots and BuzzNet. These are the three most popular online photo storage and sharing systems. The red line represents WebShots, the blue is Flickr, and Orange is BuzzNet.
Looks like not many people know about BuzzNet. But take a look at WebShots. I have been using WebShots for around three years now and I found that there was just not much buzz associated with the site for some time now. It's a good site, especially for those of you who would like to use the photos posted on the site as wallpaper for your PC desktop. However, its photo sharing and community services is just not really there.
Flickr on the other hand seems to be steadily gaining in popularity. Take a look at the blue graph. Its climbing and this year it has gained the same popularity (as a search term) as WebShots. I guess from the statistics of the search terms, it would seem that more and more people have begun to know about Flickr. I wonder how the rest of 2006 and 2007 would look like. I would certainly like to do another trend 6 months from today.
This little experiment showcases Google Trends and how it can be used for research in many different domains.
Any thoughts anyone ?
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