"From above in the methodology section, (which has additional details) I source Google insights for search (which recently got rebranded and sucked entirely under the google trends product) "The Top Cities and Top Region reports show proportionate interest levels to the area based on the given search query." Further reading here: http://support.google.com/tren... Google doesnt provide actual number of searches or interest #'s, its all proportionate when assessing and talking to 'Top Regions' and 'Top Cities'"
- Brian Chappell
"From above in the methodology section, (which has additional details) I source Google insights for search (which recently got rebranded and sucked entirely under the google trends product) "The Top Cities and Top Region reports show proportionate interest levels to the area based on the given search query." Further reading here: http://support.google.com/tren... Google doesnt provide actual number of searches or interest #'s, its all proportionate when assessing and talking to 'Top Regions' and 'Top Cities'"
- Brian Chappell
PLAs are about as accurate and relevant in one of my verticals as http://ASK.com results.