| 11 Dec 2008 - The year according to Google |
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| What's hot on the Internet around the world... There's only one person to ask.. Or at least one company... Google. No single organisation knows more about what we're doing day to day than Google. Sure the Government knows where we work, what we earn, among a host of other things... Sure the banks know how much we have and what we're spending... But neither knows what we're thinking, and doing. Google comes pretty darn Close.. But relax. For the majority of what they know, the information is not in any way linked to a person or a name. Each year in December, Google announce their END OF YEAR ZEITGEIST. “Zeitgeist” means “the spirit of the times” Google's end of yearZeitgeist pages use aggregated search queries to determine the toptrends, fads and memes of the year.. So, what topped the list? Fastest Rising (Global) (Fastest Rising uses the amount of searches compared to last year - in simple terms, I'm sure its MUCH more complicated than that!) 1. sarah palin 2. beijing 2008 3. facebook login 4. tuenti 5. heath ledger 6. obama 7. nasza klasa 8. wer kennt wen 9. euro 2008 10. jonas brothers Fastest rising (Australia) 1. iphone 2. facebook 3. google maps 4. youtube 5. wiki 6. anz 7. wow 8. maps 9. sarah palin 10. underbelly Most popular (Australia) 1. games 2. sydney 3. youtube 4. myspace 5. facebook 6. google 7. ebay 8. my 9. weather 10. hotmail Top Stores (Australia) 1. harvey norman 2. target 3. coles 4. myer 5. ikea 6. kmart 7. bunnings 8. big w 9. woolworths 10. freedom Fond Farewells (Globally) 1. heath ledger 2. bernie mac 3. tim russert 4. isaac hayes 5. george carlin 6. brad renfro 7. randy pausch 8. paul newman 9. boyd coddington 10. michael crichton Top Sources for Political News (Globally) 1. fox 2. cnn 3. abc 4. cbs 5. msnbc 6. drudge report 7. new york times 8. snl* 9. huffington post 10. wall street journal Those are all well and good. But here's what worries me. Forget self diagnosis of medical conditions online. Have a look at the top How to and What is searches below - Is anyone else worried that "What is Love" and "How to Kiss" are common GOOGLE SEARCHES!!! Amazing. Some people will never learn.. the answers aren't always out there.... How to... 1. how to draw 2. how to kiss 3. how to write 4. how to cook 5. how to tie 6. how to hack 7. how to run 8. how to cite 9. how to paint 10. how to spell What is... 1. what is love 2. what is life 3. what is java 4. what is sap 5. what is rss 6. what is scientology 7. what is autism 8. what is lupus 9. what is 3g 10. what is art Check out the FULL details at Google's Zeitgeist Page |
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