Comments on: Google Release Zeitgeist 2007 Report

By: Mike R.

Mike R. — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:50:18 +0000

I had to go look up badoo, dailymotion and ebuddy. I had never heard of them before. lol.

By: Donald

Donald — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:14:02 +0000

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.

By: 3D Printers

3D Printers — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:59:48 +0000

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.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:32:49 +0000

Never heard of Badoo, going to check that one out
Thx

By: Ivo

Ivo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:15:02 +0000

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

By: TheOzz

TheOzz — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:44:06 +0000

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!!!

By: Cloud Nine Diamonds

Cloud Nine Diamonds — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:34:54 +0000

This is good information. Definitely something to keep in mind!

By: Deb - Mom of 3 Girls

Deb - Mom of 3 Girls — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:25:44 +0000

Interesting list! I haven’t heard of a couple of those either, guess I’ll have to search to find out what they are… :)

By: Lowell

Lowell — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:23:54 +0000

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…

By: Vicky

Vicky — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:12:00 +0000

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.

By: Nick Mercer

Nick Mercer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:29:17 +0000

Anything outside of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and I’m a happy geek :-)

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:29:04 +0000

I’m very surprised at the difference between Google’s and Yahoo’s… it looks like only celebrity gossips use Yahoo or something :)

By: Abhijeet Mukherjee

Abhijeet Mukherjee — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:13:54 +0000

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!!!

By: Fresh Blogger Templates

Fresh Blogger Templates — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:01:56 +0000

People don’t mess around when it comes to their Webkinz. No surprise in being in the top ten search terms.

By: Loden Jinpa

Loden Jinpa — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:49:44 +0000

more data to ponder :)

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:46:36 +0000

a few of those I haven’t even heard of. Guess I’m out of the loop :)