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Google Recaps 2001

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the searches-that-made-the-year dept.

fm6 writes: "Google has suplemented their usual weekly Zeitgeist update with a lovely 2001 Timeline. Particularly interesting to see how the usual queries about celebrities and sports suddenly disappeared in favor of searches about recent event -- although people seem to put Nostradamus in the later category."

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  1. Interesting story by wsloand · · Score: 3, Funny

    And in other news Slashdot recaps recaps of 2001.

  2. Nostradamus by sinserve · · Score: 5, Funny

    How unamerican,

    Back in the day, when I was naturalized as a US
    citizen, people had an objective look towards life.

    But after years of CNN, reality TV and Sports entertainment shows;
    i guess they are starting to develop a sixth sense for bullshit.

    Voodoo will determine the outcome of the next election results,
    and maybe, maybe the IRS will take coconut for tax-payment.

    1. Re:Nostradamus by well_jung · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's worse is that Brittany Spears was one of the most looked up people. And I thought only cool people used Google...

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  3. Re:CNN? by mccalli · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why would you go to Google to look up CNN?

    Perhaps it records 'and' searches too? As in, "cnn impartial wonder source" and "cnn utterly biased coverage" both contribute to the tally for CNN?

    Cheers,
    Ian

  4. Re:CNN? by Adversive · · Score: 5, Funny
    True. I didn't think about that. But I also think the average Google user doesn't know what cached webpages are anyway.

    In fact, on Sept 11 a co-worker took a screenshot of an MSN Search of "www.cnn.com" which returned no hits.
    And immediately underneath is asked if you wanted to visit similar sites, such as http://www.cnn.com.

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  5. Top Combination by denzo · · Score: 4, Funny
    If the "people" are to be trusted, than perhaps a combination of their top picks may mean great commercial success.

    Consider a Harry Potter movie that starred Britney Spears and Nostradamus (hmm, he's dead, we'll have to go with the next choice, Osama Bin Laden as the male lead), with the two remaining Beatles composing the music (which will be simultaneously released on Morpheus), utilizing Windows XP as the OS for the animation effects with the CounterStrike rendering engine. Nokia and Amazon will be major sponsors, with their logos splashed on all attire and walls. CNN will be the primary media outlet for press releases regarding this movie, with tennis star Anna Kournikova doing the reporting.

    If any producers are interested in doing this, give me a call. It'll be just fab, baby!

    1. Re:Top Combination by denzo · · Score: 2, Funny
      Just because somebody is dead doesn't mean they can't put him in a major motion picture.
      Unfortunately, all prior footage and photo stills of Nostradamus in our archive vault has deteriorated too much to be useful for digital recreation.

      At least if Osama dies before the movie is made, he's given us plenty of footage to go on! And we still have five more live people left on the Top 10 list, so not to worry!

  6. Seattle Earthquake... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone needs to remind their graph-maker how many days there are in February...

  7. Windows XP popularity by qweqwe · · Score: 5, Funny

    This part of the "Top 20 Gaining Queries" caught my eye:
    5. anthrax
    6. windows xp
    7. osama bin laden

    So Windows XP is more popular than osama bin laden but not nearly as popular as anthrax.

    Wait 'til the Microsoft Marketing Department gets a hold of this.;-)

    1. Re:Windows XP popularity by "Zow" · · Score: 4, Funny
      Wait 'til the Microsoft Marketing Department gets a hold of this.

      Anthrax or Osama bin Laden? I think it's a safe bet they already have Windows XP.

      Sorry, couldn't resist.

  8. Top 10 Sports Queries by Quizme2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. anna kournikova

    I wonder how many were in the new image search engine
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  9. Hrumph. by LOTR+Troll · · Score: 1, Funny

    I saw LOTR on the gigantic IMAX screen at the Montreal Famous Player's theatre. Wasn't "Holy Fucking Shit" good (as exclaimed by some /. lusers), but decent. Anyhow, if you're posting here during the New Year's countdown, I pity you.

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  10. Searches in July by KC+Swan · · Score: 1, Funny

    With all those July searches for Chandra Levy, don't you think SOMEBODY would have found her?

  11. Anybody else find it ironic? by einhverfr · · Score: 3, Funny

    The number 1 man sought for on the Internet was Nostradamus (an alchemist with a reputation of being a prophet, though his predictions are so obscure that hindsight even doesn't help), and the second most sought man on the internet was Osama bin Ladin.

    With all those people searching for Osama bin Ladin, do you think we will find him> ;)

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  12. *REAL* source of the hack. by kwj8fty1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not sure that I follow the reference to the canidian wireless group at the headers, but the folks at seattlewireless have been talking about this for over a month.

    http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Ha ck

  13. why on god's green earth... by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...are people searching for CNN?

    http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/9-11-searc h. html

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  14. Re:Goodbye 2001? Good riddance! by dimator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank god I've got Ginger.

    When the only thing good in your life is a two-wheeled scooter, you know you're miserable.

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