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2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the the-end-of-the-year-as-we-know-it dept.

krgallagher writes "Google has published their Year-End Zeitgeist. In their own words, 'Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and trends. We hope you enjoy this aggregate look at what people wanted to know more about this year.' The number one search for all of 2004 is britney spears."

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  1. Moderate Safesearch on or off, you think? by iopha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, the top four queries were all women: Spears, Hilton, Aguilera, Anderson. I think they image search results might be skewing the data. :D

  2. SCO by basic0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Britney Spears is the top search..and scroll down a bit to "top company searches" to see that SCO is in the lead. This confirms my theory that people are fascinated with stupidity in all it's forms.