Google revealed Thursday its 11th annual Zeitgeist – the people, places, culture, and most-searched terms that shaped 2011, The Daily Mail reported.
In the US, Rebecca Black- the teenager whose catchy hit Friday garnered millions of hits, late night talk show appearances, and even a record deal - was the most popular search of 2011.Surprisingly, American Armenian popular reality star Kim Kardashian didn’t rank in the top ten searches in the US, though the reality TV star whose marriage to Kris Humphries lasted a brief 72 days.
She reportedly placed second in the top celebrity search ranking.
The remainder of the top ten searches reflected a mix of current events, technology, and entertainment – Google’s answer to social networking behemoth Facebook Google+ came in second.
Apple was big in the top ten fastest rising searches, with not one but three searches, including iPhone 5, Steve Jobs, and iPad2.
More than 5.8million people lost electricity, while flooding destroyed roadways and homes of thousands.
Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida woman charged – and later acquitted – of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, was the seventh most popular.
Searches for ‘Casey Anthony’ and related searches like ‘Casey Anthony Case’ grew 2,680 per cent from 2010 to 2011, according to Google.
On a lighter note, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was one of the most popular wedding searches of the year, as was the Kardashian wedding.
According to Zeitgeist, Japan was a trending topic in nearly every country – no doubt because of the crippling earthquake and tsunami that struck in March.
The Google zeitgeist list - meaning spirit of the times - is compiled from the searches through Google each year. Individual searchers are not identified.|
Google hosts a year-round Zeitgeist page that lets users monitor search terms' popularity over time.
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