They say if you wanna find something out, just Google it.
The popular search engine will tell us what we search for
the most when it comes to our New Year's resolutions and goals
here to shed some light on these trends and what we
can do to help make our New Year's dreams come true.
We've got Sarah Armstrong Google search trends expert. Hello, Sarah.
Hello. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. So Sarah, let's start with the big picture.
What are the most search for kinds of New Year's resolutions over the past month?
It's always fun to dig into the data this time
of year and see what folks are searching for.
So of course, a lot of those health
related New Year's resolutions
getting more active, eating healthy.
We see a lot of financial goals as well and traveling on budget and
then the one that caught my attention is going green being more sustainable.
A lot of those themes are showing up in the resolutions too. That's exciting.
It's good to know people want to be more sustainable.
And what would you say are the top two questions
people ask and what can we learn from that.
Yeah. People want to know what do New Year's resolutions mean? What is that?
And then what percentage of those resolutions fail?
Which I'm sure lots of folks are nervous about keeping
their resolutions all 12 months.
So we do have some good tips for trying to get on track there.
That's good
to know
because I'm always like, uh, am I gonna stick to it if I make it a goal?
So, I, I'm happy to know. I'm not alone in wondering which ones fail.
What would you say?
Um What about the health related searches that peak every year in January?
Kind of like you mentioned. What guidance can you offer?
Yeah, we see gym membership peak every January.
This January being no exception and then health benefits of
dry January that's also spiking this year over 2000%.
I'm one of those people trying to do dry January trying to get to the gym more.
So we have this tool called Bard. You can find it at bar.google.com.
It's a generative A I chatbot and it can actually be really helpful here.
So you can say, hey, I wanna train for five K. I have this many weeks.
I want do some outside workout some gym time.
Can you come up with a workout plan for me?
And it'll generate that or maybe you wanna eat healthier.
You've got these dietary restrictions. You wanna incorporate some greens.
It'll come up with a great meal plan for you for seven days or however long you want.
That's great that you can kind of specify your plans and your goals and really get
a plan set just for you on how you can do that and improve that.
Can you tell us the money questions?
People ask the most this time of year and what
are some money related answers that you can give us?
Yeah. Saving money also spikes every January.
And this year we're seeing a lot of searches for saving money on groceries,
saving money on rent on travel,
some personal finance apps and books to stay on track there.
I love using Google shopping to find those deals because
we're able to pull from listings all over the web,
billions of listings and find the best deals for whatever you're looking for.
So definitely a nice place to start and you mentioned saving on travel.
What questions do people explore online when it comes to travel right now?
Yeah, this is an area of folks wanna save money as well.
So we see best travel credit cards for 2024 people trying to get those points,
maybe spend the points instead of going straight out of their bank account.
You know, not a lot of folks I think know about our explore feature on Google flights.
I always use Google flights to find
a low price,
but maybe you have a lot of flexibility on where you wanna go when you want to travel,
just click explore and it'll show you some of the cheapest flights from where you,
you live, going anywhere in the country or the world.
I
always get
out
of
town.
I always use the Google flights just because it shows
you right away the different prices and you can pick really
if you're trying to save the lowest price and just
kind of see the other options that are out there.
So I agree.
I think it's very beneficial to kind of look at
your options ahead of time before buying the tickets.
For many people. Being more eco friendly is often a goal.
Can you share what we've learned about how to live more sustainably?
Yeah, folks are searching for those ecofriendly products.
We're seeing that search spike a lot sustainable engagement ring is spiking and
so is sustainable fashion. So, I mean, Google
Maps is a great option for this.
I like using the ecofriendly routing feature where it'll show you
what route you can take to have the lowest carbon emissions.
And we have the same thing on Google Flights. You can see the
carbon emissions of your flight and uh choose one that
won't have such a bad impact on the environment.
All right, Sarah getting us on track for the New Year with our New Year goal.
Sarah, thanks so much. You can revisit this info by going to your California
life.com.