Google Zeitgeist 2008 136
bahstid writes "As the year comes to a close, it's time to look at the big events, memorable moments and emerging trends that captivated us in 2008. As it happens, studying the aggregation of the billions of search queries that people type into the Google search box gives us a glimpse into the zeitgeist — the spirit of the times. While the global aggregated results are what one might expect, the breakdown by country is filled with 'hotmail,' 'yahoo' and 'facebook,' indicating that in 2008 your average user still hasn't quite grasped this address bar thing."
This year's focus on the US presidential election and the economic crisis made for some interesting trends. It also seems that many Americans frequently checked their Facebook profile while watching American Idol and wondering who Sarah Palin was.
Re:to be fair (Score:1, Funny)
"nasza klasa" (Score:2, Funny)
India (Score:5, Funny)
And everyone else wants to learn to play guitar, learn english, create a website, make money and kiss (in no particular order).
Re:to be fair (Score:5, Funny)
Sarah Palin? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fickle Environmentalism (Score:2, Funny)
Please mod this comment to minus a billion where it belongs.
More than happy to help!
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Re:to be fair (Score:3, Funny)
Sadly my boss still types full site urls into the text input box on google... trying to convince him to use the address bar has repeatedly failed.
Re:to be fair (Score:2, Funny)
Most people arguing on the internet cite wikipedia so democratically they are correct and you are wrong.
pr0n? (Score:1, Funny)
where is pr0n?
Re:India (Score:4, Funny)
Allow me to alleviate their confusion, I can help with #4!
Re:fast risers (Score:3, Funny)
Re:to be fair (Score:3, Funny)
Once he was on, he spent his time checking hotmail and his bank and stock accounts. But he was mindful of the security risks: when he was typing in passwords, he looked over his shoulder to make sure no one was watching.
Re:to be fair (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, once you've typed 'putty' into google, there's no need to subsequently type 'www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html'
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Re:Google Trends (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Can't figure out the address bar? (Score:3, Funny)
Annoying Squatter. What you need when you need it.
Re:to be fair (Score:2, Funny)
I make fun of my friend regularly for googling things that are in his search bar search engines list.
he also googled google maps.
Re:to be fair (Score:2, Funny)
i'm sure that works easier with peepz with only one arm, also.