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A Year in Search:.


Summary: Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the world on the web. The 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in UAE and 35 additional countries.

A Year in Search: Google Releases Top Searched Terms of 2008 in UAE and 36 other countries in a Global website

* Who was the most-searched presidential candidate of 2008?* Which gadget garned more interest: the wii-fit or the blackberry pearl?* Were people searching Google for information about the economic crisis or the outcome of their favorite reality show?

Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the world on the web. The 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in UAE and 35 additional countries. In the UAE the fastest rising lists of 2008 proved to be quite interesting with the Beijing Olympics, Sheikh Nasser Bin Zayed and the Atlantis Hotel rising to the top ten searches for this year. We also looked at what the top 10 most popular search terms related to the economy and the fastest rising lists of vacations, famous people and restaurants residents of the UAE are searching for.

In addition to telling us what people are curious about in the UAE, Google Zeitgeist tools also offer insight into which topics were of interest across the globe. This year, for the first time since its inception in 2001, we have taken a deep dive into global search information across more than 30 countries and published our findings all in one place: the Google Zeitgeist 2008 website. This year's global fastest rising searches show interest in global events such as the Beijing Olympics and Euro 2008, with a number of American politicians and international social networking sites showing up as well: Global Fastest Rising Queries

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To see more information about Google Zeitgeist across the globe and the full UAE lists take a look at the site:google.com/zeitgeist2008

UAE Fastest Rising Queries[euro] aaaeaa 2008 Beijing -- 2008aa[euro]*[euro][acute accent][euro] [euro] aa [euro][euro]*ae[euro][macron] -- Nasser Bin ZayedFacebook Bahrain Air Obamaac[euro]*aa[euro]* aaaeaa[euro][logical not][euro]*aa[euro]* -- Hannah Montanaaeae[euro][logical not]aeae[euro] -- YouTubeEmirates ID Atlantis Dubai Heath Ledger

UAE Most Popular Queries

Dubai UAE[euro]*aa[euro]*aa[euro]*[euro][euro]*[euro][logical not] -- The Emirates[euro]*aa[euro] [euro]*[euro] -- Toys[euro][macron][euro] ae -- Dubai[euro][acute accent]ae[euro] -- images News[euro]u[euro][bar][euro]*aaae -- songsyoutubegames

UAE's Top 10 Most Popular Search Terms on the Economy

uae economy -- [euro]Nae[euro][logical not][euro][acute accent][euro]*[euro][macron] [euro]*aa[euro]Naa[euro]*[euro][euro]*[euro][logical not] indian economy [euro]Nae[euro][logical not][euro][acute accent][euro]*[euro][macron] [euro]*aaaaaeae[euro][logical not]-- Economy of KuwaitWorld Economy InflationRecession[euro]*aaaaau[euro][cedilla] -- oilEconomy of JapanIMFgold price

UAE's Fastest Rising Vacation Queries Hawaii[euro]*aaau[euro]1/4ae[euro][euro][umlaut]-- FujairahMaldives Greece[euro]*aaaaaa[euro][euro]* -- Austriaaa[euro] aa[euro]*aa -- LebanonThailandTurkey[euro][acute accent]aa[euro]*aa[euro][umlaut] -- SalalahItaly UAE Fastest Rising Queries of Famous Individualsaa[euro]*[euro][acute accent][euro] [euro] aa [euro][euro]*ae[euro][macron] -- Nasser Bin ZayedObama Heath LedgerMiley Cyrus[euro][logical not][euro]*aa[euro] [euro][degrees][euro]aaae -- Tamer Husni[euro][euro]*[euro][sup.3][euro][macron] [euro]*aaaa[euro]*[euro]1/4[euro][macron] -- Rashid Al MajidRihanna[euro]*aaae[euro][euro]* -- Elissa[euro]*aa[euro] au[euro]*[euro]ae -- Al Afassiauae[euro]ae[euro] -- Fairuz UAE Fastest Rising Restaurant QueriesAl Mahara RestaurantFrankies Restaurant Caravan Restaurant Automatic Restaurant Kamat Restaurant Teatro Bice Zuma More Cafe Beirut 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)

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Date:Dec 10, 2008
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