Mideast Turmoil, Women Newsmakers Captivate Searchers On Weekly Google Zeitgeist

Mideast Turmoil, Women Newsmakers Captivate Searchers On Weekly Google Zeitgeist

The most recent breakout of hostilities in the Middle East (Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon) revealed itself in the Google weekly Zeitgeist with searches (see #4, #7 below; other high-ranking terms related to this topic included Ha’aretz, Al Jazeera, Hezbollah and Jerusalem Post). As always, other news-making events (Zidane headbutt video, Syd Barrett, Chi Magazine) ranked high too. And perhaps most notable this week: all of the women in the headlines, whose stories ranged from sports (Natalie Gulbis, Danica Patrick) to sex offense (Pamela Rogers) to celebrity (Christie Brinkley, Avril Lavigne, Rosario Dawson) to spying (Valerie Plame).

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 July 10-17.

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