Google Announces Top 15 Gainers for the Week Ending February 20

For the most part, searches on Google.com over the past week might indicate that people are spending their winters indoors - seeing a movie, watching the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Daytona 500 or other sports programs, because a rare few events were the subject of searches. Queries for the personalities behind of these diversions seems paramount - curiously, users seek information on individual (non)medallists and movie casts more than actual events themselves. Interest in the American personalities at the Olympics was strongest - whether following the memorable costumes of Johnny Weir or the reported antics that cost Lindsey Jacobellis a gold medal.

For breaking news and obscure information alike, people around the world search on Google. Below is a summary of the Google Zeitgeist results for the top 15 gainers on Google.com when comparing search queries that have risen by a significant percentage for the week of February 13-20.

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