Google Flu Tracker

By Barry Ritholtz - November 13th, 2008, 8:00AM

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Source:
Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread
MIGUEL HELFT
NYT, November 11, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/technology/internet/12flu.html

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2 Responses to “Google Flu Tracker”

1. jmborchers Says:
   November 13th, 2008 at 8:16 am

   When will Intrade have flu contracts? LOL

2. doherjo1 Says:
   November 13th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

   It looks like Google does this by looking at the searches with words related to the symptoms of the flu. It turns out that this is a leading indicator of breakouts by ~2 weeks. I wonder if you could do the same mining with stock names, indexes, etc. Also, what if you could mine Bloomberg terminal activity? Hmmmm…..

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