Zeitgeist: Search patterns, trends, and surprises
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2005 Year-End Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist Archive
To get the story behind some of today's top queries, visit Google Current
 
Zeitgeist This Week
Gaining Search Queries: Week Ending November 11, 2006
1.  election results
2.  britney spears
3.  gerald levert
4.  faith hill
5.  cnn
6.  kirstie alley
7.  nancy pelosi
8.  ed bradley
9.  windows vista
10.  rumsfeld
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Zeitgeist Explained
zeit·geist | Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gIst, 'zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit) | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era.

  More about the Google Zeitgeist

Pulling together interesting search trends and patterns requires Google's human and computing power together. Search statistics are automatically generated based on the millions of searches conducted on Google over a given period of time - weekly, monthly, and annually. With some help from humans, and a pigeon or two when they have time, these statistics and trends make their way from the depths of Google's hard drives to become the Google Zeitgeist report.

We should note that in compiling the Zeitgeist, no individual searcher's information is available or accessible to us. What you see here is a cumulative snapshot of interesting queries people are asking – some over time, some within country domains, and some on Google.com – that perhaps reveal a bit of the human condition. We appreciate the contribution all Google users make to these fascinating bits of information.

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