Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Observations From The Google Zeitgeist List

Google provides a nice service to the public by publishing their Zeitgeist 2008 list. I found the following items interesting.

Chuck Norris was ninth on the South Africa fastest rising list.???

Why do people insist on typing out things like Youtube, Facebook, and Hotmail in a search engine? Do they not understand how to add .com to the end of the word?

What is the fascination with movie trailers? Google even noted that they were becoming more and more popular for people to share with friends. Most trailers have a sameness to them that limits creativity and appeal.

Michael Crichton died? Who knew?

"Who is Martin Luther?" made the top ten "Who is..." list. Two spots removed from Chris Brown and three spots from the Jonas Brothers. Weird.

Sarah Palin almost won the U.S. Triple crown. She was the top Google News search, top Google Image search, and seventh on the Google.com search.

People love Fox News. Personally, I think their website is lacking graphically.

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