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Google Zeitgeist 2008

By Alex in Blog & Internet on Dec 10, 2008 at 2:54 pm


We posted about Yahoo’s top searches of 2008 before on Neatorama. Well, Google has just released its 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist, and the results couldn’t be any different.

Here are the highlights from Google searches from around the world in 2008:

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

I had to look up tuenti (a Madrid-based social networking website, referred to many as the "Spanish Facebook"), nasza klasa (a Polish social networking website), and wer kennt wen (ditto, this time for Germans).

Link – Thanks Justin!


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  1. aaa
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Wow! Polish "nasza klasa" on 7th place! Incredible.

  2. egon
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    This list shows FASTEST RISING, not MOST POPULAR searches.
    Wi?c nie ma si? z czego cieszy? :)

  3. Johnny Cat
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    I can't believe my daily search, "Twisted Sister reunion tour", didn't make the list!

  4. Álex Casanova
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    In Spain everybody gets "paranoid" about Tuenti. EVERYBODY loves Tuenti like it was a kind of God... But the truth is that Tuenti is really boring. And the people who loves it even more. ¬_¬

    [Congratulations for this great site! ;) ]

  5. WOK
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    Jonas brothers?

    Jonas brothers?!

    JONAS BROTHERS?!?!

    WTF world, WTF

  6. Samantha
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    I feel ya WOK...I was just about to say the same thing. Damn tweens and tweenettes!

  7. Angstrom
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    what about "facebook login"?

    yeah, if only I could remember how to reach Facebook.com , what is the address for that place?
    Hey, I know, I'll use Google. I'll just Yahoo up google's address because I can never remember that thing. Now, where did I write down how to access Yahoo.com.

    etc.

  8. xyz
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    Actually the Yahoo and Google searches are not all that different...if you note one breaks into categories and the other doesn't.

  9. nick
    Dec 10th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    @ Angstrom: my thoughts exactly.

  10. WordyGrrl
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Woo! Britney Spears is finally off the list!

  11. StJude
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 4:10 am

    Yup double-check the link. It isn't the most popular Google searches, just those that rose the fastest this year.

  12. Angela Stevenson
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 4:51 am

    I love Britney. I love her Circus Video. I will certainly buy the CD. I hope she sells record numbers so that her critics will have to eat crow!

    [deleted]

  13. Gail Pink
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Wow, Angela Stevenson, SPAM MUCH??

    Sarah Palin will no longer be a relvant search after this year so I hope she enjoys it.

  14. Badjuk
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    "nasza klasa" na 7 - ale wstyd :/

  15. mistaj
    Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    In Canada, "Canada" was a prominent search term this year. I guess we were too lazy to just look outside.

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  17. informatica
    Nov 25th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    me gusta todo lo que tu escribes

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