“We’re bidding adieu to 2007 with a look back at the breaking news, the big events and the must-have gadgets that captivated us this year (give or take a few weeks; we compile this list by early December). To get a glimpse of what’s been on our collective consciousness, we mined billions of search queries to discover what sorts of things rose to the top,” says Google’s 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist report.
Google’s Fastest Rising (global)
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin
Google’s Fastest Rising (U.S.)
1. iphone
2. webkinz
3. tmz
4. transformers
5. youtube
6. club penguin
7. myspace
8. heroes
9. facebook
10. anna nicole smith
More here.
Something very wrong here.
Vista isn’t in the fastest falling category..
Must have been a glitch.
And iTunes outpaced bittorrent and limewire.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2007/alltherage.html
Since the writers are still on strike, here’s a reality show plot line the TV execs can use from the list of top TV show searches:
Our heroes lost their house for 24 bones. Meanwhile in Jericho, Reba scrubs her Greek caveman.
(They’ve done worse.)
anna nicole smith? WTF
peaPod,
I agree. I am flabbergasted that Anna Nicole Smith made the list but the World Trade Federation did not.
The outrage!
“anna nicole smith? WTF”
I’ve heard that she’s lost a LOT of weight. You probably wouldn’t recognize her.
I guess those diet pills do work.
P.S. I’m sure TMZ is working on getting footage of her latest weight loss triumph. Anything for a story.
“10. club penguin” ?
I think half of those searches were from my kids.
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Uh, Google, Where is the Zune 2.0.
Shepherd jobs has you guys so blind, so pwned, you neglected the biggest release of the year.
Ampar, I don’t know how you avoided hearing about Anna Nicole’s death, but I envy you for somehow missing that entire week of non-stop media coverage.
I have my head up my butt. Posting idiot comments on a Mac fan site.
durrr
UltraVisitor: I think you missed the macabre humor I intended. As in, I’m sure John Belushi is skinnier than ever. And Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, John Candy, Chris Farley . . . etc.
There is one true sure-fire diet.
Ampar… you’re killing me. I just choked on a burrito reading that last post – lol.
“Ampar… you’re killing me.”
Just trying to help you lose weight too.