Google Zeitgeist - Search patterns, trends, and surprises according to Google

For both breaking news and obscure information alike, people around the world search on Google at www.google.com. With a bit of analysis, this flurry of searches often exposes interesting trends, patterns, and surprises.

On a monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily basis, this Google Zeitgeist page will be updated to reflect lists, graphs, and other tidbits of information related to Google user search behavior.

Archived information available here.
Top 10 Gaining Queries
Week Ending Apr. 1, 2002

     1. dudley moore

     2. halle berry

     3. jedi knight 2

     4. osterkarten

     5. israel

     6. queen mother
     7. milton berle
     8. irs
     9. billy wilder
   10. holi greetings
Top 10 Declining Queries
Week Ending Apr. 1, 2002

     1. oscars

     2. Presa Canario

     3. marla hanson

     4. gareth gates

     5. brooke gordon

     6. champions league

     7. jennifer connelly

     8. hepatitis c

     9. ice age

   10. dengue

2001 Year-End Google Zeitgeist available here.
February 2002 Zeitgeist
Top 10 Gaining Queries
Feb. 2002

     1. winter olympics

     2. anni friesinger

     3. valentinstag

     4. california lottery

     5. jamie sale

     6. chinese new year
     7. mardi gras
     8. curling
     9. superbowl commercials
   10. daniel pearl
Top 10 Declining Queries
Feb. 2002

     1. 1901 census

     2. euro

     3. lord of the rings

     4. australian open

     5. herr der ringe

     6. golden globes

     7. kim schmitz

     8. survivor

     9. john nash

   10. Chu Mei-Feng
Top Valentine Searches
Feb. 2002

     1. valentine cards

     2. valentine

     3. valentinstag

     4. valentines day

     5. love poems

     6. flowers
     7. san valentin
     8. valentine poems
     9. saint valentin
   10. valentijn
Web Browsers Used To Access Google
March - February 2002
Line Graph: Browsers Used to Access Google: Line Graph, March - January 2002
Top Misspelled File Sharing Services Feb. 2002

        1. morpheous

        2. kazza

        3. morphius

        4. audio galaxi

        5. kaaza
Translations / Day
Feb. 2002
Google Image Search
Top Olympians - Feb. 2002

        1. anni friesinger

        2. michelle kwan

        3. jamie sale

        4. sarah hughes

        5. kari traa

 

German Google Search Queries
Popular Search Queries on Google.de - Feb. 2002

     1. Anni Friesinger

     2. Valentinstag

     3. Arbeitsamt

     4. Herr der Ringe

     5. Horoskop

     6. Fasching
     7. Stiftung Warentest
     8. Auktionen
     9. Deutsche Bahn
   10. Lufthansa
Top Valentine Searches on Google.de - Feb. 2002

        1. Valentinstag

        2. Grusskarten

        3. Liebe

        4. Rosen

        5. Liebesgedichte


 
Top Women Searched on Google.de - Feb. 2002

     1. Britney Spears

     2. Anni Friesinger

     3. Jennifer Lopez

     4. Sarah Connor

     5. Pamela Anderson

     6. Anna Kournikova
     7. Shakira
     8. Heidi Klum
     9. Madonna
   10. Claudia Schiffer

 

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Zeitgeist Explained...
zeit·geist | Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gIst, 'zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit) | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
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