Coronavirus Trends was a Google web dashboard that visualized public interest in COVID-19 topics using Google Search data. It was designed for...
Pros
- Showed search-interest patterns rather than relying only on reported case counts
- Covered regional and topic-level trends
- Used Google's large-scale search data
Cons
- The dedicated coronavirus dashboard is no longer actively maintained
- Search interest is an indirect measure and can diverge from disease activity
- Provided less epidemiological context than public-health dashboards