![]() ![]() ![]() A study carried in the scientific journal Nature in July 2021 disagrees over the validity of using Google Trends data as an epidemiological tool. A score of 0 means that there was not enough data for this term. A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular. A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term. A relative search volume (RSV) is then assigned to the keyword, standardizing it from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the highest share of the term over a time series. The variations in search topics talk about the pandemic, but how reliable is it to determine the strength of the pandemic? Or in simple words can Google be used as an epidemiological tool? Google Trends uses a fraction of searches for a keyword, and then analyses the search outcome according to a given geographical location and a defined timeframe. In addition to this, searches on vaccine and vaccine registrations were more than searches on symptoms. This year, the top search was CoWIN, Indian government's designated portal for all COVID-19 vaccine related information. By the time 2021 arrived, the Indian government had embarked on its mission to vaccinate people. ![]() Other top searches were how to increase immunity, how to make sanitizer at home and COVID test near me. In 2020, Coronavirus was the second highest searched topic in India after IPL. "As interest in coronavirus increases, people want to know how to prepare and protect themselves," says Google in its region-wise Coronavirus report. This shows that several people searched on Google to find details about the coronavirus vaccine that is still in the works and is yet to reach the mass-testing stage.An upward trend on COVID-19 was seen in Google. The query “Italy coronavirus vaccine” also spiked over 750 percent. Google said vaccine-related searches reached a new record high since 2004 during the month of May, with a daily peak was recorded on May 6. The top trending related topic for coronavirus on Google was “vaccine” that saw an increase of over 190 percent in May. Nevertheless, it was still five times more searched than cricket - the sport that has a massive interest in the country, both offline and online, and is a highly searched topic on the Web. Search interest for coronavirus was also half the monthly volume for April. The term “ coronavirus” dropped to 12th most searched topic overall from the third most searched topic in India during April. Google said that the term “Lockdown 4.0” spiked over 3,150 percent in India during May, followed by the second top trending term “Eid Mubarak” that spiked over 2,650 percent. Since it completed three phases until May 17 and entered its fourth phase on May 18, a large number of people used Google to understand the fresh guidelines issued by the government. The country imposed the national lockdown on March 24 to limit the spread of COVID-19. The search giant also saw over 1,800 percent growth in interest for query “coronavirus lockdown zones Delhi” over the month. ![]() Lockdown 4.0 was the top trending search term overall in India during May, Google revealed while detailing search trends on the coronavirus outbreak in the country. ![]()
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