Google Weekly Zeitgeist Speaks Of Easter Holiday Rituals

Google Weekly Zeitgeist Speaks Of Easter Holiday Rituals

This year, mid-April includes not only the annual tax-paying ritual (IRS, tax forms) but also the Easter holiday, which consists of the religious (resurrection), the celebratory (peeps, easter egg hunt), and an Easter Monday tradition (Boston Marathon). The distinctly non-holiday movie premieres last week (Bettie Page, Scary Movie 4) also yielded a large number of queries, as did the news of a new (but old) health scare (mumps).

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 April 10-17.

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