Google launches Google Trends, Google Hot Trends

Google has announced the launch of Google Trends and Google Hot Trends reports on India Labs (labs.google.co.in), giving users a chance to find out on an hourly basis what India is searching for on the Google search engine.

"In December 2007, for the first time in India, we released a list of most popular searches called the Zeitgeist report. Hot Trends takes the Zeitgeist list to a whole new level, providing an automated hourly snapshot of whats on our collective mind "" from present events to daily crossword puzzle clues to the latest celebrity gossip. For each Hot Trends result, the associated Google News and Google web search results appear", said a release.