The world according to Google
December 3, 2009Jon Brooks Comments Off
Google has released its Year-End Zeitgeist, in which the search engine “examines the billions of queries that people around the world have typed into Google search to discover the spirit of the times.”
In the U.S. economy section, these terms showed up as the most searched-for:
- crisis
- cash for clunkers
- iceland
- california
- recession
- obama
- unemployment rate
- green
- great depression
- inflation
Under “Bailout nation,” these:
- aig
- tarp
- gm
- auto
- bill
- government
- mortgage
- bank
- obama
- ford
Related to health care reform:
- obama
- hr 3200
- universal health care
- aarp
- rush limbaugh
- heritage foundation
- glenn beck
- public option
- ama
- medicare
In the city-by-city section, which highlights searches unique to different metropolises, the rotten economy manifested itself in these search terms:
- Atlanta: georgia department of labor
- Cleveland: cuyahoga county auditor
- Denver: colorado unemployment
- Los Angeles: unemployment california
- Minneapolis: MN unemployment benefits
- Madison: UW job center
- Orlando: Workforce central florida
- Portland: oregon unemployment claim and workinginorgeon.org
- Seattle: WA unemployment
And no signs of a lot of searching for “economic recovery” yet. We’ll keep you posted.
