问题
I'm writing a small helper utility for obscure software that is used at a local shop. Basically, I would like to know if anyone searches for anything associated with that software and if publishing my work on the Internet would make any sense. I entered the name of the software into Google Trends, but my terms "do not have enough search volume to show graphs" despite the fact that Google lists 250,000 results for the software name, or 35,000 if I explicitly remove terms such as serial and warez from the search.
Does anyone know of alternatives to Google Trends? Or of another way to find out if people search for a particular keyword?
回答1:
I found what I was looking for. Google AdWords Keyword Tool
回答2:
Yahoo Clues is a service similar to Google Trends. But I don't think it's as effective for any category that is non-entertainment.
回答3:
If you don't get an answer here, another place to ask might be The Business of Software.
回答4:
Google Trends was also telling me there wasn't enough data for my query. I found Google Insights to do job nicely. And unlike the AdWords tool mentioned in the author's answer, it actually shows a trend.
Here's an example which shows the emergence of 3 terms with too low of volume to show up on Trends: #bigdata, #datascientist & #datajournalism.
Here's a related SO question.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1412478/any-alternatives-to-google-trends