Written on December 14th, 2007 at 11:12 am by Darren Rowse
Google Release Zeitgeist 2007 Report
One of the things that I enjoy about this time of year is that the search engines release reports on what the most searched for words were during the past 12 months. Google just released their Google Zeitgeist 2007 Report (Yahoo did their one last week).
At Google the fastest growing terms globally were:
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin
There’s plenty more in the report though - food for thought as you’re looking at popular topics to write about.
16 Responses to “Google Release Zeitgeist 2007 Report”
Mike Smith
December 14th, 2007 11:46 am
a few of those I haven’t even heard of. Guess I’m out of the loop :)
Loden Jinpa
December 14th, 2007 11:49 am
more data to ponder :)
Fresh Blogger Templates
December 14th, 2007 12:01 pm
People don’t mess around when it comes to their Webkinz. No surprise in being in the top ten search terms.
Abhijeet Mukherjee
December 14th, 2007 12:13 pm
Social Media terms dominate the rankings…its interesting to see second life too in the list…are people too lonely that they find solace with those fake avatars online….well don’t know but one thing is for sure…the great social media buzz is here to stay!!!
Eli
December 14th, 2007 12:29 pm
I’m very surprised at the difference between Google’s and Yahoo’s… it looks like only celebrity gossips use Yahoo or something :)
Nick Mercer
December 14th, 2007 12:29 pm
Anything outside of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and I’m a happy geek :-)
Vicky
December 14th, 2007 1:12 pm
Isn’t it funny how different sites gain and lose in popularity. Facebook is a good example. The other social sites were up there for a time and not so much now or at least they are running behind facebook.
Lowell
December 14th, 2007 1:23 pm
I can vouch for the popularity of Second Life as a search term - huge majority of my traffic comes from people typing Second Life-related terms into Google…
Deb - Mom of 3 Girls
December 14th, 2007 2:25 pm
Interesting list! I haven’t heard of a couple of those either, guess I’ll have to search to find out what they are… :)
Cloud Nine Diamonds
December 14th, 2007 3:34 pm
This is good information. Definitely something to keep in mind!
TheOzz
December 14th, 2007 4:44 pm
I am not a big enough fish to draw search results on these Zeitgeist items, but I have been getting lots of traffic on keywords “Gingerbread Train” in recent weeks over at Grill’n Time. I am on the page one results of Google with this combination of keywords. I love riding the long tail. Yeah Ha!!!
Ivo
December 14th, 2007 9:15 pm
Since search engines (like the Googles and Yahoos) are so generic, their Zeitgeist search words are generic too. I prefer Zeitgeists on a category basis (e.g. automotive, gadgets, gossip, style, …) like is shown here on a search service based only on quality content from the blogosphere:
http://viralfriends.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/zeitgeist-november-2007/
http://viralfriends.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/zeitgeist-october-2007/
Cheers, Ivo
http://www.web20friends.net/?q=zeitgeist
Eric
December 14th, 2007 9:32 pm
Never heard of Badoo, going to check that one out
Thx
3D Printers
December 15th, 2007 1:59 am
Did you see the losers? They show what not to blog about:
world cup, mozart, fifa, rebelde, kazaa, xanga, webdetente, sudoku, shakira, and mp3.
Also, I’m glad we have Google Trends these days instead of just Zeitgeist.
Donald
December 15th, 2007 2:14 am
I can vouch for Club Penguin. My Son and most of his friends have been on it for a couple of years now. The site is a social networking site for children. The developers created It to be safe and ad free. They make money from membership sign ups. Actually, they made their money from selling to Disney (millions of dollars). The developers live not far from where I am in Canada. It’s an amazing story of some genuine web entrepreneurs. All around good people, too.
Mike R.
December 16th, 2007 7:50 pm
I had to go look up badoo, dailymotion and ebuddy. I had never heard of them before. lol.
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