Top Ten Google Searches 2008

Well, we're nearing the end of yet another year and you know what that means. Yep, once again it's time for Google's top 10 searches of the year (aka 2008 year-end Zeitgeist).

I found the Global Top 10 to be the most interesting this time around.


1. Sarah Palin (no real surprise here since practically the entire world was captivated with the U.S. election. Personally I am not a big fan, I did however immensely enjoy the numerous and hilarious Tina Fey SNL parodies.

2. Beijing 2008 (can't say I really followed it all that much since I'm more of a Winter Olympics fan, but those opening ceremonies will definitely stick in my mind for years to come. One thing is for sure we (meaning Canada has it's work cut out for 2010).

3. Facebook login (aka Crackbook , this network is growing at a frighteningly rapid pace, maybe that's why it has been running at a snails pace lately. They should really invest some money into new servers, because it's only gonna get worse. Among other things someone should also look into fixing the laughable program they call the facebook "chat").

4. Tuenti (Spanish social network) (it seems that social networks were a real trend this year. It's also worth noting that one of the biggest social networks Myspace is nowhere to be found).

5. Heath Ledger (perhaps one of the saddest and most shocking celebrity deaths, there are times when I still can't believe it).

6. Obama (what I find most surprising is that the international Internet audience found Sarah Palin more interesting then Obama, or should I say scary).

7. Nasza Klasa (Polish social network) as a person who's actually from Poland I was pretty happy to see this on the list. Although gotta say I'm a member of it and I had no idea it was so international *lol*).

8. Wer Kennt Wen (German social network)

9. Euro 2008 (as someone who actually watched it again this year I'm sure I contributed to the search numbers quite a bit :).

10. Jonas brothers (um....really?!)

Also for the first time ever this year Google has compiled search data from 35 countries.

In addition to the overall top 10 search queries, you can also find search data on images, books, translate and news searches. Which is my second favourite.

For comparison's sake this is what the top 10 U.S. search queries looked like last year. And here is what they look like for 2008:

1. Obama
2. Facebook
3. ATT
4. iPhone
5. YouTube
6. FOX News
7. Palin
8. Bejing 2008
9. David Cook (for those who may not know he was this year's American Idol winner)
10. Surf the Channel (I love this site you can watch pretty much every t.v. show ever made)

Interesting the iPhone fell from #1 to 4, Myspace is once again non-existant. Facebook got more attention from the U.S. this year moving all the way to #2. And YouTube stayed in the exact same spot at 5.

That's about it for similarities the rest are all brand new, but unsurprising and pretty self explanitory.

With the exception of #10, I've always thought it was my little secret, but I guess the cat is out of the bag :D. Oh and this has to be said, FOX News?, really?.

Sorry, but that network will never be on any top ten (or otherwise) list of mine. I'll take CNN or BBC any day of the week thank you.

Top Ten Google Searches 2007

The month of December never seems to be a busy blogging month for me, as I'm sure you've all noticed by the sporadic updates. The lack of Martina Hingis news really slows things down to a crawl.

The thought of following another players career has crossed my mind, but none are of any real interest to me at the moment. I just can't get excited about anyone else the way I did with Hingis.

No one else seems to possess the same qualities. I think a part of me will always be hoping and praying Hingis comes back again one of these days, even though my mind knows it's an impossibility. It's sad I know lol.

Anyway, that's the end of my mini-rant, moving on to the subject of this post. Something (hopefully) a little more cheerful.

Last year around this time I posted a list of Google's top 10 searches of the year. And I thought it might be fun to do it again, so here it is:

1. iPhone (I'm sure none of you are surprised lol, many of you probably have it on your Christmas list lol)

2. Webkinz- stuffed animal you can play with online (never heard of it but sounds like fun)

3. TMZ (again not surprising considering all the supposed celeb scandals this year)

4. Transformer Toys (Ah, yes one of my many childhood fascinations, it's amazing how many 80's characters and toys keep coming back, guess you just can't keep a good robot down).

5. YouTube- the video sharing Web-site (Ooh shocker! LOL, I don't really have to explain this one do I?, seriously I would be more surprised if this wasn't on the list lol).

6. Club Penguin- children's networking site (another one I'm not familiar with but I think the reason why is fairly obvious;)

7. Myspace- the social networking site (ah, yes my first love/addiction, before it was replaced by the evil that is Facebook LOL)

8. Heroes (the television show?, really? sorry to all the fans out there, but I just don't get the fascination)

9. Facebook- the social networking site (Ok, this I'm surprised about I was sure it would be much higher on the list considering I know so many people including myself who spend almost every waking hour on this thing, or maybe it's just the Canadians LOL).

10. Anna Nicole Smith (can you say, overexposure)

Source

Also I should note these are searches from Google.com (I might do a Canadian version if it's interesting enough).

Now that we're nearing the end of the year expect a lot more of these lists to come;).

Top 10 Google Searches 2006

I couldn't call myself much of a geek if I didn't mention this year's most searched list. This one is a personal favourite because it relates to Google (you gotta appriciate their sense of humor lol).

1. Bebo - Britain's answer to MySpace

2. Myspace - Murdoch's answer to how to make money online

3. World Cup - France's answer to where head butting is acceptable

4. Metacafe - The other YouTube

5. Radioblog - Where bloggers practice extreme annoyance and how to crash Firefox

6. Wikipedia - Where wikiality and truthiness prevail

7. Video - Because searchers don't know how to be more specific

8. Rebelde - What's better than Catholic schoolgirls? Catholic schoolgirls in Spanish, apparently.

9. Mininova - Next year's acronym magnet (DRM, MPAA, RIAA, DOJ)

10. Wiki - Because the downside of Web 2.0 is you have to say things that sound silly.

Source: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20061219Top10GoogleSearches2006.html

Interesting results this year I'm definitely one of the people contributing to the video, wikipedia and Mininova searches.

I'm surprised that Myspace got beaten by a British equivalent, I haven't heard of them but catchy name. I also had no idea there was another YouTube, leave it to Google to teach you something new;).