Google has released the UK’s top searched terms of 2008 in its annual year-end Zeitgeist that looks at the most searched-for terms in 36 countries around the world.
The BBC’s iPlayer has been crowned the fastest rising search term in the country, ahead of Facebook, iPhone, YouTube and Yahoo Mail respectively.
However social-networking site Facebook is the most term most often ‘Googled’, followed by BBC and YouTube in the UK.
The current economic climate has also been reflected in search terms, the most popular financial term was Icesave, the collapsed Icelandic bank, followed by hot UK deals and Natwest.
Marissa Mayer, VP search products & user experience wrote in Google’s Zeitgeist blog, “So, what do we in this global village have in common? Mainly a strong interest in socializing and politics. Social networks comprised four out of the top 10 global fastest-rising queries, while the U.S. election held everyone's interest around the globe. Republican VP candidate, Sarah Palin, may have lost in the election, but she was the number one fastest-rising query on our global list (Obama was number six).”
Here is the list in full:
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
This year's global fastest rising searches show interest in global events such as the Beijing Olympics and Euro 2008, with a number of American politicians and international social networking sites showing up as well.
The fastest rising queries globally
sarah palin
beijing 2008
facebook login
tuenti
heath ledger
obama
nasza klasa
wer kennt wen
euro 2008
jonas brothers
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