# Looking for a website **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-website/490779 "2009-03-25T19:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-website/490779/1 "2009-03-25T19:17:53Z")
It is similar to [www.alexa.com](http://www.alexa.com) in that it gives graphical results, but instead of graphing website traffic, it measures the use of a given word or phrase on the web. It came up a while back in the Bush Administration as a way of watching the development of a talking point. I was directed to it once to see the growth of either “war on terror” or “stay the course”. Anyone know of it? ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-website/490779/2 "2009-03-25T19:22:59Z")
Sounds like google trends: [http://www.google.com/trends](http://www.google.com/trends) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-website/490779/3 "2009-03-25T19:33:42Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > Sounds like google trends: > > [http://www.google.com/trends](http://www.google.com/trends) That is helpful, but it tracks searches rather than usage, so it’s not the one that I’m thinking of. It does give me the kind of result I was expecting, though.