Google insights on Drupal

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Recently, Google launched Google Insights. Like with Google Trends, you can just type in a search term to see search volume patterns over time, as well as the top related and rising searches. You'll also have the ability to compare search volume trends across multiple search terms, categories (commonly referred to as verticals), geographic regions, or specific time ranges. Great for marketing people.

Below are some examples specific to Drupal ...

A line graph compares global Google search trends for Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress from 2004 to 2008.
The numbers on the graph reflect how many searches have been done for a particular term, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
Google Insights graph shows search volume in China for Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress.
In China, Wordpress is winning hands down. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
Graph comparing search volume of Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress in Belgium from 2004 to 2008, showing Joomla leading.
In my home country, Belgium, Drupal is almost as strong as Wordpress but not nearly as strong as Joomla. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
A world map and list showing regional search interest in Drupal, with darker blue indicating higher search volume.
Regional Drupal interest by country. Google uses the term 'search volume index' for these heatmaps, meaning that they normalized the data by the total traffic from each respective region. In other words, just because two regions show the same percentage for a particular term doesn't mean that their absolute search volumes are the same. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
Map and chart showing U.
In the US, the west coast beats the east coast. Based on 'search volume index'. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
Map and list showing top cities with the highest search interest in Drupal based on search volume index.
Regional Drupal interest by city. Based on 'search volume index'. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.
Top search terms related to Drupal, with "drupal module" ranking highest and several rising searches marked as breakout trends.
The top search on Drupal -- great for marketing people. Breakout means that the search term has experienced a change in growth greater than 5000%. See Google Insights results for Drupal. © Google.