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| by Davey Winder | |
| Wednesday, 10 December 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 4 As far as Australian Googlers are concerned, 2008 has
been the year of crises, Olympics, elections and movies. Australians
were particularly keen, it seems, on the economic meltdown and the
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When it comes to the fastest rising search terms of 2008 in Australia, the iPhone rules the roost, followed by Facebook and Google Maps. The full top ten is as follows: iphone google maps youtube wiki anz wow maps sarah palin underbelly When it comes to most popular, then the simple keyword 'games' beat off all the competition including Sydney and YouTube. The full top ten is: games sydney youtube myspace ebay my weather hotmail While we all recover from the fact that Australians are using Google to search for Google, and doing so enough to make it the sixth most popular search term, let's switch our focus to the other categories. Heading the top Olympians list was Stephanie Rice who saw off Usain Bolt and Grant Hackett, while the top crisis of the year was obviously 'financial' quickly followed by time and credit. The top movies search list was headed by Australia, which I have to assume is a generic search rather than a specific film, leaving Batman with The Dark Knight to mop up that honour followed by Indiana Jones. What about the rest of the world? Let's take a look at the United Kingdom next shall we, seeing as my fellow Brits are always good for an eccentric laugh. CONTINUES |
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