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Google Trends Explorer

Background

The Google Trends Explorer is an interactive interface for exploring Google search queries by location and time.

Technology

This application will utilize the Google Trends publicly available API, which has four methods:

  • interestOverTime
  • interestByRegion
  • relatedQueries
  • relatedTopics

It will use JavaScript to format the data and the D3 data visualization library to render it.

MVPs

Users will be able to:

  • See a map of the United States, with states as bubbles, each sized by geographic size
  • Type a keyword or multiple keywords in input one or multiple checkboxes and hit enter
  • See the bubbles resize to the proportions to which they have an interest in the keywords entered
  • Click on a bubble and see that state's related queries for the entered keyword(s)
  • Click on a related query to re-render the visualization with that query as the keyword

User Experience

In addition, this interface will have instructions for how to navigate the various controls, as well as a README explaining the technology behind it.

Implementation Timeline

Day One: Layout and Visuals

  • Users can see a bubble for each state with a state abbreviation label and size based on geographic area
  • There is an input text field

Day Two: API Requests

  • The program responds to user input by submitting appropriate API requests
  • The data is received and stored in an organized manner

Day Three: Re-rendering Visuals

  • The visuals respond to the data once it is received

Wireframes

wireframe

Bonus Features

Users will be able to:

  • See a line graph
  • Click on a bubble to see that state's interest in that topic overtime rendered on the line graph