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Google Zeitgeist '05

Posted by Zonk on from the who-knew-janet-jackson-was-so-popular? dept.

Garett Rogers writes "Google has just released their Google Zeitgeist 2005. From the site: 'It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of the significant events, and names that make this a memorable year. (We'll leave it to the historians to determine which ones are lasting and which ephemeral.) We hope you enjoy this selective view of our collective year.'"

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  1. Firefox by m85476585 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Firefox isn't there at all! What about the release of Firefox 1.5?

  2. How Do You Take Your Star Wars? by Chaffar · · Score: 4, Funny
    Star Wars Movie Vs. Star Wars Video Game Vs. Star Wars DVD

    I think they forgot Star_Wars_Bootleg.torrent...

  3. Hilarious by CriminalNerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet some of the terms will stay in the top 10 because idiots like me didn't know what baidu, Ares and orkut meant and looked them up on Google.

  4. They need to dig a little deeper by SlashAmpersand · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Ballmer's top search: 1. Chair Aerodynamics

  5. Top Search... The Other Jackson? by OctoberSky · · Score: 5, Funny

    How in the hell is Janet Jackson the top search? I understand everyone wants to see her nipple but that was in 2004... the begining of 2004 (February 1, 2004). Get over it.

    I could understand Micheal Jackson for his strangeness. The man is like a walking car accident, we have to look. But the top search being Janet is insane.

    The Internet is the Holy Grail of nudity, searching for one womans half covered nipple is really cuddling the complex nature of Googles Algorithm. Make your searches interesting, like "Bea Arthur humping a Camel" or "Shannon Doherty doing coke off a dead hookers butt" Make the people at Google work.

    1. Re:Top Search... The Other Jackson? by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's important to include the relevant google links for your searches:

      http://www.google.com/search?q=Bea+Arthur+humping+ a+Camel&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a &rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
      (and the top hit):
      http://www.shanmonster.com/archives/searchterms.ht ml

      http://www.google.com/search?q=Shannon+Doherty+doi ng+coke+off+a+dead+hookers+butt&start=0&ie=utf-8&o e=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:off icial
      (and the top hit):
      http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CY67/002-33 64891-9190430?v=glance&vi=quotes-trivia&n=130
      (of course, google thinks maybe you meant: Shannon Doherty doing coke of a dead hookers butt
      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=EoT&safe=off &client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q =Shannon+Doherty+doing+coke+of+a+dead+hookers+butt &spell=1
      (for which the top hit is the same)

      Maybe you meant to include the quotes, in which case:
      Your search - "Bea Arthur humping a Camel" - did not match any documents.
      (yet, i'm sure their index of slashdot will pull it up soon)

      also no luck with
      Your search - "Shannon Doherty doing coke off a dead hookers butt" - did not match any documents.
      same result for 'of'

      All in all, the bea arthur hits are more interestingly relevant than you might expect.

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      "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
  6. WMD search dieoff by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently even the mighty Google couldn't find these things.

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    I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
  7. Re:Janet Jackson by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny
    Your TV needs cleaning, or your glasses, for you were certainly seeing double.

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    You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
  8. American boobs by Eternal+Vigilance · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll know things have turned around when instead of "Janet Jackson" the top searches include "25th Amendment" and "impeachment."

  9. Re:Janet Jackson by vandon · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know what I'd like to see? Where's the top 10 search keywords for Google Images?

    And so I don't have to ask again, Where are the top 10 search keywords for Google Images for people with SafeSearch turned off?

  10. Re:Janet Jackson by xaque · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why? Are you running out of ideas?

  11. Re:Janet Jackson by vandon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why? Are you running out of ideas?

    No, I just might not be using the best ones ;)
  12. Re:Janet Jackson by xaque · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's a hint: "Condoleeza Rice".

  13. After I'm dead, by quokkapox · · Score: 4, Funny

    The people that read through my Google search history are really going to wonder why those two phrases appear together on an otherwise innocent, idle Tuesday afternoon.

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  14. Re:Missing log day by king-manic · · Score: 3, Funny

    All (ok, 99% of) the displayed charts have a 0 dip around April time (just around the time of the popes death)

    Did anyone else notice this and wonder just what happened at the data centre that day?

    Catholics aroudn the world stopped masterbating to porn on that day. Leading to a huge drop in internet usage :)

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    "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
  15. Re:Janet Jackson by controlguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some children are fascinated with breasts, along with some adults.

    Which I guess explains why didn't they put up the statistics for Google Image search.