Google Releases Annual 'Zeitgeist' Lists of Top Search Terms

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) this week released its annual "Zeitgeist," a listing of the most popular and trending search terms in 2010, which revealed "Chatroulette" to be the fastest rising search term worldwide this year.

Other fast-rising search terms included "iPad" and "Justin Bieber."

In the sports world, World Cup-related queries were popular, such as "vuvuzela" and "Paul the Octopus."

Charity-related search terms also spiked this year, after earthquakes in China, Chile and Haiti, floods in Pakistan and the Gulf oil spill.

The full collection of Google Zeitgeist lists for 2010 is available from the link below.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/3yvp2dx (Google blog)

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2010/

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