Google ZeitGeist 2006: most searched queries
The end of this year is the right time to summary last 365 days, and Google already did it by releasing traditional Google Zeitgeist 2006. This strange name hiddens the most searched terms of the last year, and shows all the trends and news. According to these results, online social networks, Borat’s American invasion, Paris Hilton, and the definition of promiscuous were among the top subjects that people wanted to learn more about in 2006. Social networks Bebo and MySpace were the two most searched for terms of 2006 using Google’s search engine. The football World Cup was the third most searched for term while Paris Hilton topped the news searches.
The top 10 searches were dominated by web 2.0 developments, such as video site Metacafe, music streaming service Radioblog and encyclopaedia Wikipedia. The word video was the seventh most searched for term of 2006, reflecting the growth in services such as YouTube and MetaCafe, and offerings from Google, Yahoo and MSN. Mexican soap opera Rebelde was the eighth most searched for term on Google over the last 12 months, a sign of the importance of the Spanish language on the net. It’s also interesting to see Mininova on the 9th place – this confirms the power of filesharing in the current internet society.
Top 10 searches of 2006:
1. bebo
2. myspace
3. world cup
4. metacafe
5. radioblog
6. wikipedia
7. video
8. rebelde
9. mininova
10. wiki
The top news searches of 2006 were dominated by celebrity, illness, tragedy and the bizarre. Orlando Bloom was the second most searched for item on Google News, followed by cancer, podcasting, hurricane Katrina and bankruptcy. Google was asked a lot of questions in 2006 and the most popular “Who is….?” question was about Borat, the TV and film character created by Sacha Baron Cohen. Google won’t release its search numbers, but according to Nielsen/NetRatings, it consistently garners just under half of the Internet’s web searches, and in November processed almost 3.1 billion searches — about 100 million a day, or 1,157 a second. Interesting reading, give it a try…
Comments(17)
lol torrent site on top 10 that was cool
Mininova . . . awesome for making the top 10 searches
#1 what is hezbollah?
#2 who is hezbollah?
#4 who is hot?
#3 how to drift?
its only me, or thoes results make me feel much more smarter?
Internet savy does not make you smarter (except for the Hezbollah part).
I have not heard of Bebo till now, am I missing out on something here?
Bebo is the next generation social networking site where members can stay in touch with their College friends, connect with friends, share photos, discover new interests and just hang out.
lol ive never heard about it ^^
i ment, if most of the ppl search for “how to drift” and “who is hot”.
it makes u think whats really important for them.
p.s.
ad bout’ the hezbollah part: im israeli citizen (aמd IDF soldier), so it’s funny for me to see the big interest in terror organization
lol has ANYONE ever heard about bebo ??
IDF soldiers r so fucking sexy. they really kick ass!
luv ya!!
so you’re IDF soldier, do you enjoy destroying homes of innocent Palestinians?
sam your a fuck wit mate
I would actually like to hear the answer to sam’s question.
wth, bebo?
They must’ve payed Google, because neither me nor anyone I know have ever heard of “bebo”.
@sam
“so you’re IDF soldier, do you enjoy destroying homes of innocent Palestinians?”
pay VERY close attention.
Had you a little dignity towards the Other, an open discussion would be appropriate here.
However, you don’t ask “What’s your position on the Israeli/Palestinian issue”.
I guess what you wanted to ask is “When are you jews are going to throw yourself in the sea already and spare Palestine from your miserable existance”. Isn’t that what you really wanna know?
although it is not the best thing to do, to bring politics into p2p/RLSLOG, i can’t manage to keep quiet when morons like yourself exist in my matrix.
Damn,Nti didn’t make the top 10
well at least mininova did
i dont enjoy the army at all. for real? i prefer a cup of tea in the cold winter at home.
but war is war
@ RLSLOG Fan
IDF Soldier /= Jew.
The real jews oppose the Israeli state.
Yes war is war, but this is mass murder.
the title isnt strange, its german, meaning something like “spirit of the time” translated direktly it is “timeghost”