Apr 30 2009
Google Launch USA Unemployment Public Data Graphs!
Interactive & informative! The guys’ n gals at Google have done it again. With billions of people out there worrying about the global employment hick-up, it’s the wiz-kids at Google who have yet again launched another hugely useful service for us.
Although only a trial, whilst also only using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as the data source, Google has produced and interactive graph where you can quickly view unemployment figures from 1990 – date, and compare trends from US Stats and Counties.
Awesome for those interested in employment, however it is just one of the literally thousands of groups of interesting public data available on the web and on the success of this trial, I can only imagine we’ll be able to quickly review all sorts of publically listed data i.e. House sales, Carbon Footprints, Asthma frequency, School & University Grades, even salaries. I believe there are even statistics for prices of cookies. The list is literately endless.
Despite the clear user advantages of being able to quickly and visually view stats, the thing that interested me also was that Google actually decided to launch such a powerful service using “unemployment” as the pilot. For sure TV, Radio & Print Media is full of related unemployment stories however for Google to launch using unemployment was bold but clearly shows the huge volumes of user traffic and interest Google secures from employers, employees and jobseekers alike and hence making it the obvious choice for the launch so as to attract maximum exposure.
Attached below is a quick screen shot to see what Google Public Data Service looks like, however why not go have a look yourself - here’s a quick link for you: Google Public Data.
The sooner Google can roll this service out fully and globally - the better.
An awesome service … thanks again Google!
