tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post7181171309352003892..comments2023-11-02T08:08:51.638+00:00Comments on nick burcher: Eurovision Google predictor tool - using Search data to predict the Eurovision Song Contest result!Nick Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882585281219264601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post-66529660139302658842009-05-17T10:23:00.000+01:002009-05-17T10:23:00.000+01:00Did you used to have a video here? A search on eur...Did you used to have a video here? A search on eurovision 2009 google shows this as a video result... <br />Anyway, I reached the opposite conclusion to you - that Google wasn't doing that good a job (Norway were red hot favourites at the bookies, so getting that right doesn't seem particularly impressive to me): http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/eurovision-results-vs-googles-predictions-nul-points/malcolm coleshttp://twitter.com/malcolmcolesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post-18396400348397053562009-05-11T21:58:00.000+01:002009-05-11T21:58:00.000+01:00well; clearly that is rubbish. Everyone knows that...well; clearly that is rubbish. Everyone knows that UK will get nul points from certain selected countries and no amt of pseudo analytic insight on the basis of vid views is going to change that.<br />Tactics, m'dear, tactics...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200358893539431848.post-85869402777790440682009-05-09T09:00:00.000+01:002009-05-09T09:00:00.000+01:00This is also telling on Google Trends and other Go...This is also telling on Google Trends and other Google predictor engines. It probably means that the data being picked up is not complete. Unless there is a narrow margin between victors past data should be a good indicator or the results of the contest.atul chatterjeehttp://www.vistasad.comnoreply@blogger.com