Highs, Lows, And Daily Life Characterize The Weekly Google Zeitgeist

Highs, Lows, And Daily Life Characterize The Weekly Google Zeitgeist

This week, people searched on Google.com for information related to a number of news stories: the Oct. 11 small plane crash on the upper east side of Manhattan that killed New York Yankees pitcher [Cory Lidle] and his flight instructor; the first-ever nuclear test on Oct. 9 that [North Korea] performed, presumably at the direction of [Kim Jong Il]; the one-two punch delivered by country singer and “Dancing with the Stars” contestant [Sara Evans], who filed for divorce and announced she’s quitting the show. Popular films came in for their share of searches, too, as [Saw 3] (whose much-anticipated new trailer was out prior to an Oct. 27 release date), and Scorsese’s star-filled [The Departed] (which just opened) both ranked high this week.

Obsessive fans weighed in with lots of searches on such digital amusements as [Line Rider], [YouTube] (which also made headlines this week due to its announced acquisition by a large search engine) and the latest installment in the venerated fighting-game series [Mortal Kombat Armageddon], which was released for the PS2 and Xbox this week. And of course, a week that includes [Friday the 13th] can’t be all bad.

For breaking news and obscure information alike, people around the world search on Google. What follows is a summary of Google Zeitgeist results for the top gainers on Google.com, when comparing search queries that have risen by a significant percentage for the week of October 8-14, 2006.

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