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[–] 132 points 2 years ago (11 children)

The article claims "in droves" then doesn't give a number, or even an estimate.

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  • [–] 96 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Yeah, because google is vague.

    Not sure what "100" means, but that's what it peaked at.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That is a percentage score. So you take the highest level of searches and it will always be 100% and all lesser scores are in comparison to that score of 100(%). If you can find out what the actual number of searches are for that one score, you can derive the approximate number of searches in the other places. It shows an informational tool tip on desktop.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago*

    100 means that’s when the searches hit their most popular peak while 0 means nothing was really searched. Google trends does not show actual search volumes.

    Google Trends looks at search terms compared with all searches done (in a specific geographic region and time point). That data is then normalized.

    It’s essentially looking at popularity trends of is this hot or not.

    Source: I am a former SEO

    Edit: here are specifics about what I mentioned above if you’re curious.

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    It could have been droves... it also could have been 10 people. It also doesn't say which way they wanted to change their vote. It could all be LIV's who learned something they didn't know after voting early or it could have been people torn about their vote panicking and seeing if they could change their mind.

    This doesn't tell you anything but people searched it and not how many.

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