The Optimizer - Weekly SEO News

As some of you may know, and many may not, the folks over at Google keep a clinically interested eye on the searches that pass most often through their wise and loving hands. In point of fact, doing so has become something of an institution at the search titan, so much so that it's heralded, near year's end, with a global search popularity tally known as the Google Zeitgeist.

This year's Top 10 winners -- and losers -- according to global search popularity are:

WINNERS:

1. iPhone
   
2. Badoo
   
3. Facebook
   
4. dailymotion
   
5. youtube
   
6. webkinz
   
7. ebuddy
   
8. second life
   
9. hi5
   
10. club penguin

LOSERS:

1. world cup
   
2. mozart
   
3. fifa
   
4. rebelde
   
5. kazaa
   
6. xanga
   
7. webdetente
   
8. sudoku
   
9. shakira
   
10. mp3
    

What does this tell us? Well, there are a multitude of conclusions we could reach from these results, really. Consumer electronics buzz is up, so is social networking. Sports are down, along with classical composers and peer-to-peer file sharing sites. No big surprises there, but here's a holiday gift surprise for you:

Taken from the Google, Inc. Zeitgeist web site is this handy hint for heftier result pages:

"Operator: Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to "fill in the blank" by adding an asterisk (*) at the part of the sentence or question that you want finished. Then hit the Enter key or click the Google search button to see you results."

Happy searching, and happy holidays until we meet again.

Labels: google, search