If you were thinking of stabbing yourself in the eye after reading the data from Yahoo's 2012 search trends, we don't blame you. Google has the perfect antidote. Humanity did actually attain achievements that were greater than the iPhone 5.
Just a quick post for your coffee break, but this video is so good that we had to share it. Today, Google published their search trend data as an interactive summary called, as always, Zeitgeist.
If you were thinking of stabbing yourself in the eye after reading the data from Yahoo’s 2012 search trends, we don’t blame you.
Google has the perfect antidote – reminding you that humanity did actually achieve something greater than producing the iPhone 5 and did more important things than fawn over the Kardashians or wondering if Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart will get back together?
Google’s Zeitgeist data can be drilled down by country into multiple top 10 lists. For instance, the hottest fashion/apparel brands in the USA for 2012 were:
There are two types of lists compiled in Zeitgeist:
It’s interesting that Morgan Freeman made number 8 on the people list, as the “Morgan Freeman is Dead” hoax hit the web again this year – which just shows the power of online word of mouth.