Google UK Releases 2009 Search Terms… Before December
Starts
By Malcolm Owen | No CommentsLeave a Comment
Posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:15 am

Despite there being a whole month left in 2009, Google has decided to release a list of the top searched words, phrases and randomness in the UK from this and previous years…

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Year by Year in the “Noughties” (except for 2000, because that doesn’t count for Google for some weird reason):
2001: notradamus
2002: spiderman
2003: prince charles
2004: big brother
2005: james blunt
2006: steve irwin
2007: iphone
2008: iplayer
2009: stephen gately

Nostradamus to Stephen Gately in 9 years. I doubt he saw that coming…

You can find out about other search patterns at google.com/insights/search, and other search lists from Google UK’s press department are available after the jump.

Top searches 2009
1. facebook
2. bbc
3. youtube
4. hotmail
5. games
6. ebay
7. news
8. google
9. yahoo
10. bebo

What was hot this year (fastest rising search queries in 2009)
1. facebook login
2. jogos
3. ebay uk
4. yahoo mail
5. hotmail
6. bbc iplayer
7. hi5
8. stephen gately
9. bing
10. spotify

The biggest stories (fastest rising news searches in 2009)
1. swine flu
2. susan boyle
3. jade goody
4. robert pattison
5. rihanna
6. michael jackson
7. google maps
8. twitter
9. stephen gately
10. iran

Bargain hunting (top cheap searches in 2009)
1. flights
2. holiday
3. train tickets
4. car insurance
5. hotels
6. laptops
7. travel insurance
8. car hire
9. tyres
10. tickets

How is Britain feeling? (top searches for “i feel…” in 2009)
1. i feel love
2. i feel alone
3. i feel fine
4. i feel good
5. i feel sick
6. i feel fat
7. i feel ill
8. i feel pretty
9. i feel ugly
10. i feel free

The hottest tickets (fastest rising ticket searches in 2009)
1. lady gaga
2. michael jackson
3. taylor swift
4. whitney houston
5. pixies
6. jls
7. beyonce
8. green day
9. tinchy stryder
10. u2