Words from Alejandro U. Alvarez
In/Famous Google searches
Google has recently made public their listings of the most popular things on the net in 2007, and I've decided to put it up here:
In general:
The terms that were searched suddenly a lot: (Fastest gainers)

News and media:
Most searched-for candidates:

Most searched for rumors (RIP):
RIP (or rumors of)
- anna nicole smith
- travis barker*
- vince mcmahon*
- chris benoit
- fidel castro*
- michael jackson*
- ryan sheckler*
- bob barker*
- criss angel*
- kurt vonnegut
Shows:
Hollywood:

On field

On tour:

On the tube

New tech:
Games consoles

Key players

TV Screens

P2P/Music Sharing

Who/What/Where questions:

Who is...
- who is god
- who is who
- who is lookup
- who is jesus
- who is it
- who is buckethead
- who is calling
- who is keppler
- who is this
- who is satan
What is...
- what is love
- what is autism
- what is rss
- what is lupus
- what is sap
- what is bluetooth
- what is emo
- what is java
- what is hpv
- what is gout
How to...
- how to kiss
- how to draw
- how to knit
- how to hack
- how to dance
- how to crochet
- how to meditate
- how to flirt
- how to levitate
- how to skateboard
In conclusion...
I was totally shocked by some of those what is.. how to.. or Who is questions...
So apparently people are most interested in learning how to kiss, followed by drawing and just next by knitting! Are those the three most important things someone might want to learn?
Now I looked down and I saw hack... lol, poor geeks trying to learn to hack
And then you'll see crochet, well I searched to see what was that and it turned out it was something you have to do to knit!
Now just look at who is... They ask who is god to Google! As if the answer was somehow on the Internet!
And well, you can just take your own conclusions out of this...
Source: Google Zeitgeist 2007
Enjoy your day
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