Google’s annual Zeitgeist aims to show the stuff that mattered throughout the year by analyzing queries from their Search product. As 2011 comes to a close it was only a matter of time before Google released this year’s edition.
Here are my thoughts on some of the finalist:
Rebecca Black
Black was more popular than Lady Gaga, for 2 weeks anyway.
Google+
The queries for Google+ are pretty dumb e.g. ‘google earth plus’, ‘google chrome plus’, ‘chrome plus’ and ‘msn plus’(really?)
Ryan Dunn
I never knew that the man was dead until I saw this year’s Zeitgeist. My bad, Rest in peace Ryan.
Casey Anthony
This didn’t come as shocking to me or anyone really if you consider the media attention and sensationalism surrounding the trial.
iPhone 5
There’s a little irony here since queries for the nonexistent phone greatly outnumbered those for the iPhone 4S. :)
Adele
This young lady is perhaps one of the most talented musicians of our generation. Not surprised that she’s on the top 10.
東京 電力(TEPCO)
Comparing 'TEPCO' to 'Pizza' searches? C'mon Google, you can do better than that.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was more popular than Barack Obama this year.
iPad 2
Steve and his babies (one still in conception) are all in the top 10, what more can I say? Long live Steve.