This article in Slate analyzes “less intelligent” vs. “more intelligent” queries and how they effect the suggested search phrases. [Editor's note: so wait, Google doesn't have a secret cabal of goofballs that come up with all the weird suggested searches? That's kind of disappointing.]
Google Zeitgeist releases Google's fastest rising search terms of 2008, meaning the ones that rose the most in frequency as compared to 2007. All the expected terms are there (Obama, Facebook, etc.) but, David Cook? Really, world?
Google just released its most popular search terms for the year, including the fastest growing globally. Can you guess who made #1 for 2008 on a number of lists?
