Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Google's 2008 top 10 Searches

Here is a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the Indian users on the web. We retrieved the most frequently-searched terms for the period across many categories like Bollywood Celebrities, Holiday destinations etc. In addition we also looked at the top 10 fastest rising search words in India "Katrina Kaif is not only the most searched for Bollywood celebrity, she is also the fastest rising search item across categories in India." said Google country head Vinay Goel, "She is more popular in Pakistan than In India. So if she's ended up in the Top Ten list in India, she's in the top two or three list in Pakistan."

Fastest Rising:
1)youtube, 2) orkut, 3)katrina kaif, 4) cricket, 5)irctc, 6)facebook, 7)genelia d'souza, 8) beijing 2008 olympic games, 9) sixth pay commission, 10) ipl

Most Popular:
1) orkut, 2)gmail, 3)yahoo, 4)google, 5)youtube, 6)yahoomail, 7)indian railways, 8)rediff, 9)cricket, 10)katrina kaif

Top searches on Mobile:
1)orkut, 2)yahoo, 3)waptrick4)gmail, 5)games, 6)katrina kaif, 7)rediffmail, 8)yahoomail, 9)namitha, 10)google

Top Bollywood Celebrities:
1)katrina kaif, 2)aishwarya rai, 3)salman khan, 4)hrithik roshan, 5)kareena kapoor, 6)shahid
kapur, 7)deepika padukone, 8)shahrukh khan, 9)mallika sherawat, 10)genelia d'souza

Top holiday destinations:
1)goa, 2)kerala, 3)kashmir, 4)dubai, 5)singapore, 6)australia, 7)london, 8)shimla,9)switzerland, 10)manali

Top 'how to' searches:
1)how to reduce weight, 2)how to kiss, 3)how to earn money, 4)how to get pregnant, 5)how to learn english, 6)how to gain weight, 7)how to play guitar, 8)how to create a website, 9)how to impress a girl, 10)how to tie a tie
 
 

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