Signs of the Times
The boys and girls at Google have spent many hours mining billions of search queries to read the group consciousness of Internet users over the past 12-month period and it seems we’re still wanting the definition of love, searching for God, (er, and someone called ‘Buckethead’) and wanting to know what autism, emo and bluetooth are, but were too scared to ask…
The fastest rising search words in order, globally, are reportedly:
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin
The last one is an interactive online game for little kids, which indicates that hardcore Internet users are younger than ever before.
The list also shows the rise and fall of searches for gadgets, celebrities, news and sports events and diet and fitness crazes.
So if you feel like you’re on the outside looking in, head on over to Google Zeitgeist and get with the program.
And in case you wondered, Buckethead is an American singer / songwriter who performs with a KFC bucket on his head.
No, seriously.