Eurostat Google cooperation Sabine Gagel Eurostat unit F

Eurostat – Google co-operation Sabine Gagel, Eurostat unit F 2 sabine. gagel@ec. europa. eu UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Session III – New tools for data visualisation and dissemination 27 April 2010

Some history of the co-operation n 2007: Google starts experimenting with ways of making public data available to users n 2009: Google contacts Eurostat to find out if they can use and visualise Eurostat data – Harmonised data for Europe – Free of charge n Joint work on 2 projects – Google public data explorer – How to improve the visibility of Eurostat figures by placing them at the top of search results in the Google search engine (under development) 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 2

Google public data explorer (1) n http: //www. google. com/publicdata/home n Experimental visualisation tool in Google Labs – Data exploration, visualisation – Charts, maps – Animation over time n Currently available datasets – Eurostat, World Bank, OECD, US Census bureau, etc. – http: //www. google. com/publicdata/directory 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 3

Google public data explorer (2) n Co-operation – Eurostat = data provider – Google = tool provider n Google selects datasets based on analyses of anonymous search logs n Three Eurostat datasets available in the Google tool – Monthly unemployment – Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) – Minimum wages n Planned to add more datasets to the public data explorer 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 4

Google public data explorer (3) n Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 5

Google public data explorer (3) n Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 6

n Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 7

n Example chart 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 8

Google public data explorer (4) n Gains for Eurostat – Google tool provides links to the Eurostat website • Higher visibility through multiplier function • Number of visits to Eurostat’s website increased n Weakness – No influence on the way the data are presented – This is true for all information providers that re-use Eurostat data 27 April 2010 Eurostat – Google co-operation 9