Google Zeitgeist 2008

It’s that time of year again, when the largest consumer research machine – sorry – Google prepares their present to starving SEO specialists and the population et al. The Zeitgeist has been a handy little tool for a good few years now, as it shows a list of what search terms people were looking for world wide, as well as for a growing list of countries in detail. Find out who’s been top of the “gops” (sic) this year in your country:

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UK Zeitgeist 2008

The fastest rising search terms in the UK

iPlayer
Facebook
iPhone
Youtube
Yahoo Mail
Large Hadron Collider
Obama
Friv
Cam4
Jogos

The most searched terms in the UK

Facebook
BBC
YouTube
eBay
Games
News
Hotmail
Bebo
Yahoo
Jobs

Most searched politicians in the UK

Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Barack Obama
Tony Blair
Sarah Palin
John Mccain
George Osborne
Alistair Darling
Boris Johnson
Nicolas Sarkozy

Fastest rising recipe searches in the UK

cupcake
meatballs
rocky road
crumble topping
eaton mess
pork belly
rhubarb fool
lemon posset
honey comb
beer batter

Fastest rising finance-related searches in the UK

icesave
hot uk deals
natwest
hmrc
hbos
money saving expert
halifax
barclays
rbs
lloyds tsb

The hottest tickets of the year in the UK

Oasis
Leonard Cohen
AC/DC
The Ashes
Steve Coogan
SOS
Oliver
Gladiators
Tina Turner
Nickleback

- Source: Google Zeitgeist 2008 Home page