Google Zeitgeist '05

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.'"

Comments

Re:Janet Jackson

[valrog77]

A little incident at the Super Bowl maybe?

Re:Janet Jackson

[14erCleaner]

Am I missing something? What is Janet Jackson doing at the top of the search list?

That's the top Google news search, not the top search overall. But really, the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction was in 2004...

Re:Hilarious

[TubeSteak]

http://www.google.com/search?q=Orkut
http://www.google.com/search?q=Ares
http://www.google.com/search?q=Baidu

And for good measure:
http://www.google.com/search?q=zeitgeist
Answer.com - The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for "time-spirit."

Star Wars vs Harry Potter

[Marc_Hawke]

Is it a mistake in the legend, or is there some other force at work?

Look at the StarWars Movie vs DVD search. The DVD peakes when the movie is released and vice-versa.

Now look at Harry Potter right after it. The peaks coincide with their respective releases.

I'm guessing the chart is just messed...which is really too bad, because I thought the reversal was more interesting.