Weekly notes: Lists, lists, and more lists
Posted on December 18th, 2009 by admin
With the end of 2009 nearing, many media organizations have released their year-end lists. Here is a look at the topics for which Canadians searched most on Google, Yahoo!, Bing, YouTube, and Twitter.
The disputed Iranian election, Gaza, and the swine flu were the top three news topics on Twitter.
Michael Jackson, Twitter, and the swine flu made Bing’s global top trending topics.
Canadians searched most for social networking topics on Google. Whereas on Yahoo!, Canadians looked more for the rough stuff, where the NHL, UFC, and WWE made the top five.
And for a look at pop culture trends worldwide, YouTube shared their fastest rising search terms by month:
January: inauguration
February: Christian Bale
March: the climb
April: Susan Boyle
May: Pacquiao vs Hatton
June: Michael Jackson Thriller
July: Michael Jackson
August: Usain Bolt
September: Kanye West
October: Paranormal Activity
November: bad romance
December: Tiger Woods
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