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Google Zeitgeist 2009

Google has released the year-end statistics of Google Zeitgeist 2009 which includes information about the most search topics in various niches in 2009. The default statistics show the search queries for the United States with the option to switch the country to view them for several dozen other countries including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany or the European Union.

The statistics are further divided into an overview which displays the fastest rising and falling search queries for Google Search, Google News, Google Image Search, Google Mobile Search and Google Maps. The top 10 Google search queries in 2009 in the United States have been the following ten search queries:

    1. twitter
    2. michael jackson
    3. facebook
    4. hulu
    5. hi5
    6. glee
    7. paranormal activity
    8. natasha richardson
    9. farrah fawcett
    10. lady gaga

google zeitgeist

Five other listings are available in the side menu that display the same statistics for celebrities (divided further into weddings, deaths, marriages, break ups and tweeps), entertainment (lyrics, tv shows, video games, concert tickets and movie trailers), around the home (exercise, diets, informercials, recipes, how to and made by hand), sports (stadiums, coaches, rivalry, football, baseball, basketball and other sports) or city by city which lists the top ten searches for many cities in the selected country.

Some examples:

How To…
1. how to kiss
2. how to draw
3. how to knit
4. how to crochet
5. how to flirt
6. how to meditate
7. how to hack
8. how to sing
9. how to dance
10. how to fight

Video Games

1. ghostbuster
2. ufc
3. saw
4. bakugan
5. batman arkham asylum
6. twilight
7. fifa 2010
8. modern warfare
9. transformers 2
10. resident evil 5

ootball

1. steelers
2. cowboys
3. eagles
4. bears
5. broncos
6. vikings
7. cardinals
8. dolphins
9. packers
10. lions

Interested users can visit the Google Zeitgeist 2009 listings here.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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