Where can I find out how many times a word appears in the news or is searched for on

[Dogbert]

For example: How many times did Microsoft appear in the news this week. Or how many times was it searched for during a certain period of time.

 

[Geoff]

maybe go to google and type: "Microsoft" "news"...

 

[PC eye]

That would be relatively impossible on a global scale. For one search engine provided by one single ISP you would first have to know how many times all users logged on and how many times for each user followed by which users conducted searches during a certain time frame reduced by searches using one common word in each search. Multiply that by all ISPs worldwide and the users that log onto each one along with the searches they perform using various search engines. The actual number would be staggering.

 

[ian]

You could try this to find out how many times particular words are searched for. It applies only to the sites that display overture/yahoo ads, but it is still a good indication.
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/