Davey Winder
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:31
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In the UK the emphasis would appear to have been on such
home grown staples as the BBC,
Gordon Brown and David Cameron. Although
Barack Obama does get an honourable mention, along with the inevitable
Sarah Palin and the
Large Hadron Collider.
The fastest rising search terms for 2008 in the UK were, in full:
iplayer
facebook
iphone
youtube
yahoo mail
large hadron collider
obama
friv
cam4
jogos
When it comes to Brit popularity, nobody could knock Facebook off the
top spot although the BBC (also
home to the most heard UK voice online) came a close second followed by YouTube and
eBay.
Interestingly, the most popular politician was Gordon Brown. The irony
being that people were only searching for him because he has been so
bloody unpopular in the UK this year. David Cameron, the leader of the
opposition, comes second which is one place up on
Barack Obama.
Ever wanted to know what the British are eating? Well fish and chips is
off the menu, as are curry and burgers. The fastest rising recipe
searches for the UK reveal that the food we most want to cook is
cupcake. The full top ten is:
cupcake
meatballs
rocky road
crumble topping
eaton mess
pork belly
rhubarb fool
lemon posset
honey comb
beer batter
So, to wrap up our world tour we have to visit the search homeland of
the United States of America. Will politics be the hot topic,
considering it has been an election year? Find out on page 4.
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