KATHMANDU, Dec 31: Continuing their annual tradition of publishing the most popular search terms around the world, Google.com recently announced the 2008 year-end Zeitgeist. [break]
This year’s Zeitgeist also includes top 10 lists from more than 30 countries around the world, portraying what events, subjects and people were on the minds of Google users worldwide.
First, the fastest-rising searches for 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
It´s the Economy…
1. financial crisis
2. depression
3. bailout
4. mortgage crisis
5. wall street
6. oil
7. stock market
8. subprime
9. credit crisis
10. housing crisis
Fond Farewells
1. heath ledger
2. bernie mac
3. tim russert
4. isaac hayes
5. george carlin
6. brad renfro
7. randy pausch
8. paul newman
9. boyd coddington
10. michael crichton
Who is...
1. who is obama
2. who is mccain
3. who is palin
4. who is lil wayne
5. who is miley cyrus
6. who is dolla
7. who is jonas brothers
8. who is chris brown
9. who is biden
10. who is martin luther
What is...
1. what is love
2. what is life
3. what is java
4. what is sap
5. what is rss
6. what is scientology
7. what is autism
8. what is lupus
9. what is 3g
10. what is art
How to...
1. how to draw
2. how to kiss
3. how to write
4. how to cook
5. how to tie
6. how to hack
7. how to run
8. how to cite
9. how to paint
10. how to spell