This powerpoint shows the steps to collect data from Google Trends for a Mechanical Turk HIT.

1. Collecting Google Search Traffic
Guide for Mechanical Turk

2. 1.Go to www.google.com/trends
2. Click on “Explore” on Left Hand Side

3. 1. Click on “Locations”
2. Select “Past 12 Months” for Date Range

4. 1. Click on “Locations”
2. Select “Past 12 Months” for Date Range

5. 1. Add the search term (example: ipad)
2. Add the 5 countries assigned to you

6. 1. Scroll your mouse over the average graph highlighted below.
2. Record the number shown for each country. In this case, the
number for the US in 37.

7. 1. Change the search term to your next search term
(example: kindle)
2. Repeat above steps to collect the data from
the average graph