ADVISORY/Google Reveals Top Search Gainers and Losers for Week of May 8 - May 14; Italian Election Searches Top the List, While Searches for Andrea Thompson and Jenna Bush Drop.Business Editors/High Tech & Entertainment Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: Google, the world's largest search engine on the Internet,
answers more than 100 million search queries per day. More than
half of the searches are conducted at Google's home page,
www.google.com.
WHAT: Every week, Google compares the search queries that have
either risen or fallen by a significant percentage within a
one-week timeframe. The top Google Gainer over the past week
was "elezioni," referring to the Italian Election. Other
notable gainers include "Vanessa Laine," Kobe Bryant's
wife
who was mysteriously rushed to the hospital on Friday the
11th; "csisztu," the famous Hungarian gymnast from the late
80s who began a new career last week as a television sports
announcer in Hungary; and "laetitia casta," Victoria's
Secret
model who is making her acting debut in Les Ames Fortes,
currently showing at the Cannes Film Festival.
The following list of Google Gainers and Google Losers compares
search queries from the week of May 8 with search queries from the
week of May 1:
Google Gainers
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elezioni
douglas adams
muttertag
eurovision
miss universe
mothers day cards
Cynthia Henderson
Vanessa Laine
csisztu
laetitia casta
Google Losers
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andrea thompson
survivor
cinco de mayo
loftstory
kyle bradford
niki taylor
kentucky derby
gumball 3000
rachel weisz
jenna bush
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