Measure Google Mindshare
Measure the Google mindshare of a particular person within a query domain.
Based on an idea by author Steven Johnson (http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com), this hack determines the Google mindshare of a person within a particular set of Google queried keywords. What’s Willy Wonka’s Google mindshare of “Willy”? What percentage of “weatherman” does Al Roker hold? Who has the greater “The Beatles” Google mindshare, Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney? More importantly, what Google mindshare of your industry does your company own?
Google mindshare is calculated as follows. Determine the size of the
result set for a keyword or phrase. Determine the result set size for
that query along with a particular person. Divide the second by the
first and multiply by 100, yielding percent Google mindshare. For
example: A query for Willy
yields about 2,760,000
results. "Willy Wonka" +Willy
finds 133,000. We
can conclude—however unscientifically—that Willy Wonka
holds roughly a 5% ((133,000 / 2,760,000) x 100 = ~ 4.82) Google
mindshare of “Willy.”
Sure, it’s a little silly, but there’s probably a grain of truth in it somewhere.
The Code
Save the following code as a CGI script ["How to Run
the Hacks” in the Preface] called
google_mindshare.cgi
in your web
site’s cgi-bin
directory.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl # google_mindshare.cgi # This implementation by Rael Dornfest, # http://www.raelity.org/lang/perl/google/googleshare/ # Based on an idea by Steven Johnson, # http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/movabletype/archives/000009.html ...
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