Google Searches for Facebook Spike With the Unemployment Rate - Businessweek

Highly correlated and interesting times

"Some companies and industries do especially well in tough times: Discounters, health-care providers, fast-food chains, Facebook. That’s right, Facebook. The unemployment rate is more correlated with Google searches for “facebook” than with any other search term.
Google’s Correlate “finds search patterns which correspond with real-world trends.”"

Google Searches for Facebook Spike With the Unemployment Rate - Businessweek