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Googleshare is a measure ofmindshare based on the results ofGooglesearch engine queries.[1] It is a percentage measuring how closely one thing belongs to another according to page counts returned byGoogle (similar measures using othersearch engines are possible). The idea was proposed bySteven Berlin Johnson in a 2002weblog post, and the term was coined by Gene Smith.
For example, you can query Google for "Beatles" and "Paul", versus "Beatles" and "Ringo", and see who has a higher Googleshare for "Beatles". All one needs to do is calculate the percentage of the page count with the extra keyword, compared to the page count without the extra keyword.
The calculation in this example runs as follows.
Query | Hits |
Beatles | 4,990,000 |
Beatles + Ringo | 790,000 |
"Ringo"'s Googleshare of "Beatles" is therefore (790000 / 4990000) * 100 = 15.83%; over 15% of webpages mentioning "Beatles" also mention "Ringo". Compared to other randomly selected names, this is high—we can therefore assume "Ringo" and "Beatles" are somehow connected, thoughcorrelation does not imply causation.
