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Search patterns, trends, and surprises for January
First month of January is almost done...what are people searching for online? What's hot?
If you look at Google's "Zeitgeist", you'd find that "Anna Benson" (Playboy cover girl and wife of former NY Met/now Baltimore Oriole pitcher Kris Benson) is the most searched query this week. Interestingly, she also was an in-studio guest on "The Big Idea" with MSNBC's Danny Deutsch. Coincidence? I think not...
Kate Beckingsale (new movie), Miss America, (new winner) and Jenna Elfman (new show) all made the Top 5...but Zac Efron at #2? Come on, a teen from the WB no one over 18 knows? American Idol was 8th? Hmm, smells like some press/PR agent working overtime typing in over and over searches for Zac...
Here's this week's Top 15 from Google:
Week Ending January 23, 2006
1. anna benson
2. zac efron
3. kate beckinsale
4. miss america
5. jenna elfman
6. leif garrett
7. barrett jackson
8. american idol
9. tanith belbin
10. australian open
11. martina hingis
12. jill carroll
13. maria sharapova
14. seahawks
15. steelers
As a note, Google says "Pulling together interesting search trends and patterns requires Google's human and computing power together. Search statistics are automatically generated based on the millions of searches conducted on Google over a given period of time - weekly, monthly, and annually. With some help from humans, and a pigeon or two when they have time, these statistics and trends make their way from the depths of Google's hard drives to become the Google Zeitgeist report.
We should note that in compiling the Zeitgeist, no individual searcher's information is available or accessible to us." Considering the recent controversies with the US regarding protecting databases and keeping information secure, it is a good point to know.
For interest, what do you think we were searching for 5 years ago this week? Here's the list from the archives:
1. Chinese New Year
2. Australian Open
3. Chinese horoscope
4. Chinese zodiac
5. Year of the snake
6. Chinese astrology
7. Golden Globes
8. Hotmail
9. Chat
10. Warez
Google Top 15 searches this week
posted by Unknown @ Friday, January 27, 2006,
