The World Through Google’s Eyes
Every year, Google puts out the Year-End Zeitgeist. (Zeitgeist is the german word for ’spirit of the times’, and who better to offer this insight than Google, the company that knows more about what you think than you do).
Some interesting selections (gosh.. sarah palin as #1 fastest rising!):
Fastest rising (Global)
- sarah palin
- beijing 2008
- facebook login
- tuenti
- heath ledger
- obama
- nasza klasa
- wer kennt wen
- euro 2008
- jonas brothers
AsiaPac
The fastest rising searched items on most of the AsiaPac lists ranged from the scandalous (Edison Chen – Hong Kong celebrity whose sex photos were leaked - was the #1 fastest rising search term for China, Singapore and #3 fastest rising in Taiwan, but surprisingly missing from Hong Kong’s top 10) to the closely-followed US Presidential elections that seemed to occupy significant mindshare - with searches relating to Obama / Palin / US elections occupying top 10 slots in almost every single AsiaPac country.