Exploring user search queries associated with internet news sites: Google trends

Hüseyin Yaşa

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Exploring user search queries associated with internet news sites: Google trends

Authors:

Hüseyin Yaşa

Publisher:

Ordu University

Main Topics:

Gazetecilik | Gazetecilik Çalışmaları | İletişim Çalışmaları | İnternet

Journal:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.1386-1403

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334493

pISSN:

1309-9302

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Abstract:

 Developments in information and communication technologies have enabled the emergence of various search engines on the internet. In particular, the frequent use of Google search engine in the world creates the need for researchers to conduct research in this field, and Google Trends service, which provides information about users search queries, provides very important data for researchers. This study aims to investigate the user search activities of the top five news websites with high number of visitors in Turkey hurriyet.com.tr, milliyet. com.tr, mynet.com, sozcu.com.tr, sabah.com.tr within a period of five years 11.11.2018- 11.11.2023 within the data obtained from Google Trends and to make certain comparisons regarding internet news websites. For this purpose, data were obtained and compared by filtering the keywords Hürriyet, Milliyet, Mynet, Sözcü and Sabah as Turkey - Last five years - News - Google News Search on the Google Trends website for internet news sites. The date range of the data set was determined as five years 11.11.2018 - 11.11.2023 and the general survey model, one of the descriptive research methods, was used in the research. According to the findings obtained from the research; it was determined that both users search queries and queries related to five online news sites showed certain differences according to cities. Internet users who showed a tendency to search for certain keywords related to internet news sites also showed a tendency to search for different news sites. In addition, no search query data could be found for the five online news sites in the cities of Amasya, Muş, Batman and Kilis.

 Developments in information and communication technologies have enabled the emergence of various search engines on the internet. In particular, the frequent use of Google search engine in the world creates the need for researchers to conduct research in this field, and Google Trends service, which provides information about users search queries, provides very important data for researchers. This study aims to investigate the user search activities of the top five news websites with high number of visitors in Turkey hurriyet.com.tr, milliyet. com.tr, mynet.com, sozcu.com.tr, sabah.com.tr within a period of five years 11.11.2018- 11.11.2023 within the data obtained from Google Trends and to make certain comparisons regarding internet news websites. For this purpose, data were obtained and compared by filtering the keywords Hürriyet, Milliyet, Mynet, Sözcü and Sabah as Turkey - Last five years - News - Google News Search on the Google Trends website for internet news sites. The date range of the data set was determined as five years 11.11.2018 - 11.11.2023 and the general survey model, one of the descriptive research methods, was used in the research. According to the findings obtained from the research; it was determined that both users search queries and queries related to five online news sites showed certain differences according to cities. Internet users who showed a tendency to search for certain keywords related to internet news sites also showed a tendency to search for different news sites. In addition, no search query data could be found for the five online news sites in the cities of Amasya, Muş, Batman and Kilis.

 Developments in information and communication technologies have enabled the emergence of various search engines on the internet. In particular, the frequent use of Google search engine in the world creates the need for researchers to conduct research in this field, and Google Trends service, which provides information about users search queries, provides very important data for researchers. This study aims to investigate the user search activities of the top five news websites with high number of visitors in Turkey hurriyet.com.tr, milliyet. com.tr, mynet.com, sozcu.com.tr, sabah.com.tr within a period of five years 11.11.2018- 11.11.2023 within the data obtained from Google Trends and to make certain comparisons regarding internet news websites. For this purpose, data were obtained and compared by filtering the keywords Hürriyet, Milliyet, Mynet, Sözcü and Sabah as Turkey - Last five years - News - Google News Search on the Google Trends website for internet news sites. The date range of the data set was determined as five years 11.11.2018 - 11.11.2023 and the general survey model, one of the descriptive research methods, was used in the research. According to the findings obtained from the research; it was determined that both users search queries and queries related to five online news sites showed certain differences according to cities. Internet users who showed a tendency to search for certain keywords related to internet news sites also showed a tendency to search for different news sites. In addition, no search query data could be found for the five online news sites in the cities of Amasya, Muş, Batman and Kilis.

 Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinde yaşanılan gelişmeler internet üzerinde çeşitli arama motorlarını ortaya çıkmasına olanak sağlamıştır. Arama motorları içerisinde google arama motorunun dünyada oldukça sık kullanılması araştırmacılara bu alanda araştırma yapma gereksinimini oluşturmakla birlikte Googleun sunmuş olduğu kullanıcıların arama sorguları hakkında bilgiler veren Google Trends servisi de araştırmacılar için oldukça önemli veriler sağlamaktadır. Bu araştırmada, Türkiyede yoğun ziyaretçiye sahip ilk beş haber sitesinin hurriyet.com.tr, milliyet. com.tr, mynet.com, sozcu.com.tr, sabah.com.tr Google Trends sitesinden elde edilen veriler dahilinde beş yıllık 11.11.2018- 11.11.2023 süre içerisindeki kullanıcı arama etkinliklerini araştırmak ve internet haber sitelerine ilişkin belirli karşılaştırmalar yapmak amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla, internet haber sitelerine ilişkin Google Trends sitesi üzerinde Hürriyet, Milliyet, Mynet, Sözcü ve Sabah anahtar kelimelerine Türkiye- Son beş yıl- Haberler- Google Haberler Arama şeklinde filtre uygulanarak veriler elde edilmiş ve karşılaştırılmıştır. Veri setinin tarih aralığı beş yıllık olarak belirlenmiş olup araştırmada betimsel araştırma yöntemlerinden genel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre; beş internet haber sitesine ilişkin hem kullanıcıların arama sorguları hem de sorguların şehirlere göre belirli farklılıklar gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. İnternet haber sitelerine ilişkin belirli anahtar kelimelerde arama eğilimi gösteren internet kullanıcıları farklı haber sitelerine yönelik çeşitli arama eğilimi de göstermiştir. Ayrıca Amasya, Muş, Batman, Kilis şehirlerinde beş internet haber sitesine yönelik herhangi bir arama sorgusu verisine ulaşılamamıştır.

Article Details

Exploring user search queries associated with internet news sites: Google trends

Authors:

Hüseyin Yaşa

Publisher:

Ordu University

Main Topics:

Gazetecilik | Gazetecilik Çalışmaları | İletişim Çalışmaları | İnternet

Journal:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.1386-1403

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334493

pISSN:

1309-9302

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Article Details

Authors: Hüseyin Yaşa

Publisher: Ordu University

Main Topics: Gazetecilik | Gazetecilik Çalışmaları | İletişim Çalışmaları | İnternet

Journal: Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.1386-1403

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001334493

pISSN: 1309-9302

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Authors:

Hüseyin Yaşa

Publisher:

Ordu University

Main Topics:

Gazetecilik | Gazetecilik Çalışmaları | İletişim Çalışmaları | İnternet

Journal:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.1386-1403

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334493

pISSN:

1309-9302