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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. 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.

  2. 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.

    --
    Adversive
    My cat's breath smells like cat food.
  3. Google and online language shift by madmagic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Top Holiday Searches 2001:
    1. christmas
    2. navidad
    3. hanukkah
    4. weihnachtskarten
    5. adventskalender

    Interesting to see that only one of the above five words -- or perhaps two of five, depending on your opinions of hanukkah :) -- is a traditional English language word.

    It's beginning to look a lot more like an international net. Will Cantonese words top the list by '05? '10?

    -Patrick

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

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

  5. 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.;-)