2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

krgallagher writes "Google has published their Year-End Zeitgeist. In their own words, 'Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and trends. We hope you enjoy this aggregate look at what people wanted to know more about this year.' The number one search for all of 2004 is britney spears."

Britney

[daniil]

When will it ever end?

Netcraft and now Google...

[Anonymous Coward]

Nowhere on that page will you see a single popular search for BSD. You know what this confirms...

The real top 10

[oexeo]

The unfiltered top 10:

1. britney spears nude
2. paris hilton nude
3. christina aguilera nude
4. pamela anderson nude
5. adult chat
6. games warez
7. carmen electra nude
8. orlando bloom nude
9. harry potter warez
10. mp3 warez

Re:Britney

[superpulpsicle]

There is actually a mistake. She was also supposed to be on the sports list.

Given that pattern...

[Joey Patterson]

Given that pattern, I was expecting to see:

9. harry potter nude

Disappointment again.

[caluml]

I'm rather upset that I don't even appear in the top 10 popular men. When will people recognise me? Maybe I'll have to kill a bunch of people...?

Re:The real top 10

[flatface]

9. harry potter nude

*runs*

Re:The real top 10

[Ieshan]

Harry Potter warez?

I mean, that doesn't make any sense, but at least you didn't put "Harry Potter nude", since that would have been really disturbing.

women

[clovercase]

why isnt janet jackson classified into the 'women' category?

In Remembrance...

[outsider007]

Where's Rick James, Bitch?!?
/ just sayin'

Re:The real top 10

[insomnyuk]

Actually, it probably looks more like this:

1. brittnay speers nakkid
2. pearis hillton sex
3. crisstina agweelaira boobie


and so on...

I think I saw this in Nostradomus...

[StressGuy]

"...and lo, a woman-child child shall be born, and she shall wear a head-dress of round plasic globes on her head as a child....upon the maturation of this child, when the platic globes are removed from her head and become infused in her chest....the end of the world shall surely be near...."

I'm parphrasing...but it's something like that I'm sure :)

Predictions for 2005?

[bigberk]

It's clear now. We'll be seeing a lot more of britney spears and paris hilton in bikinis, mini skirts and prom dresses... possibly while they watch CNN, the simpsons, or listen to 'YMCA' on their ipods.

Presidential elections

[eln]

So since George W. Bush was the number one public figure search, and John Kerry was third, behind Janet Jackson, can we assume that if Janet Jackson had run for president, she would have had a better chance of winning than John Kerry?

Maybe if the elections were held closer to the Superbowl.

Re:Browser information

[Anonymous Coward]

Man my newspaper really sucks now. It's focused on nothing but news, which I guess is expected from my newspaper. They should be looking to show me more porn.

Man, my TV really sucks now. It's focused on nothing but television shows. They should be looking to play more radio channels.

Man, my search engine really sucks now. It's focused on nothing but search info...

Re:Not many women use Google

[jxyama]

>Carmen Electra, and I don't even know what she did this year that would draw so many searches

do you really have to ask [google.com]? (NSFW)

Re:zeitgeist?

[miu]

Next year I hear it is going to be google weltschmertz.

Re:cricket?

[Neil Blender]

how is cricket in the top 10 sports?

Here's why. I got the following off google news. People search for cricket because they want to know just what the hell the following text means.

In Chittagong, Bangladesh, yesterday, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took the home side's final wicket on the fourth morning to give the visitors victory in the second and final test by an innings and 83 runs and complete a 2-0 series sweep.

Harbhajan had No. 11 batsman Talha Jubair caught at long-on by Irfan Pathan with the fourth delivery of the day, as Bangladesh folded for 124 in its second innings. The home team was 118 for nine overnight after India enforced the follow on, having bowled Bangladesh out for 333 in reply to its first innings of 540.

My only reaction is, "LOL, what?"

Re:Browser information

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure MS paid Google for a less detailed version

Pigeon Rank (off topic)

[Stunning Tard]

At the bottom they had a link to Pigeon Rank [google.com] which I find very funny. I don't know how recent it is but it's new to me.

Google is great for the occasional joke like this.

Re:And that trend is:

[Anonymous Coward]

"who wants to X my Y" shows.

They can do that now!?

I bet the trans-gendered community will be happy with that news.

Ah, science. What an interesting time to be alive.

Oh Crap!!

[cOdEgUru]

What a frickin time to release such a list when my wife's standing behind me wondering what the hell is keeping me while being devoid of any interest towards what she is saying:

Paris Hilton, Britney, Carmen and Pamela.. Oh Crap!!

I turn around in time to see her look turn in to disgust with the "You and your pervert buddies scored yet again this year!!" before she stomped off in to the kitchen..

Aaargh..time to take care of the History folder..

Re:The real top 10

[rackhamh]

To be honest, I expect that when you view the unfiltered results, those top 10 get bumped off the list completely:

1. sex
2. teen sex
3. naughty teen sex
4. naughty teen oral sex
5. naughty lesbian teen oral sex ... and so on.

Re:Britney

[L. VeGas]

I, for one, am pleased as punch that our young people look up to a hard-working role model like Britney. Did you know that she did the singing on all her albums? She's cute as a button and twice as smart.

Re:zeitgeist?

[raju1kabir]

or "zeitgeist is a native word, just like 'man' is because they are both german!!!"

Wow, your reading comprehension is really bad.

Re:Oh Crap!!

[Anonymous Coward]

... before she stomped off in to the kitchen.

so what are you complaining about?

Re:that...metal deely...you use to...dig...food

[Golias]

More information, fewer words - one of the benefits of an expanded vocabulary. Just ask Homer. ;)

Really? Because I always thought that the Illiad was considered rather verbose.

Oh... Maybe you were talking about a different Homer.

D'oh!

Re:zeitgeist?

[Anonymous Coward]

i'm also a scientist, not an english writer.

What language do you scientists write in?

Re:Oh please, no, no no....

[Anne_Nonymous]

Top 10 Searches by the /. Cognoscente

1. network propagation theory
2. themes in byzantine art
3. rna transcription chemistry
4. bletchley park
5. kafkan high modernism
6. plank's constant
7. differential analysis on manifolds with corners
8. kurosawa and the japanese literary tradition
9. hyaluronic acid stabilizers
10. britney spears

Re:cricket?

[RpiMatty]

what?
are you trying to go into the ins and outs of cricekt?

Brockian Ultra-Cricket

[Anonymous Coward]

Then there's the rules for Brockian Ultra-Cricket as explained here [hhgproject.org].

* Rule One: Grow at least three extra legs. You won't need them, but it keeps the crowds amused.
* Rule Two: Find one extremely good Brockian Ultra Cricket player. Clone him off a few times. This saves an enormous amount of tedious selection and training.
* Rule Three: Put your team and the opposing team in a large field and build a high wall around them. The reason for this is that, though the game is a major spectator sport, the frustration experienced by the audience at not actually being able to see what's going on leads them to imagine that it's a lot more exciting than it really is. A crowd that has just watched a rather humdrum game experiences far less life affirmation than a crowd that believes it has just missed the most dramatic event in sporting history.
* Rule Four: Throw lots of assorted items of sporting equipment over the wall for the players. Anything will do - cricket bats, basecube bats, tennis racquets, skis, anything you can get a good swing with.
* Rule Five: The players should now lay about themselves for all they are worth with whatever they find to hand. Whenever a player scored a "hit" on another player, he should immediately run away as fast as he can and apologize from a safe distance. Apologies should be concise, sincere, and, for maximum clarity and points, delivered through a megaphone.
* Rule Six: The winning team shall be the first team that wins.

Re:zeitgeist?

[caluml]

Overheard American guy: "The French are so stupid - they don't even have a word for entrepreneur."