Top searches of 2012: Diva's death, rapper
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December 13, 2012, Thursday
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THE world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and Web surfers searched in huge numbers to find out about a diva's death, the latest iPad and a record-breaking rapper.
Singer Whitney Houston was the "top trending" search of the year, according to Google Inc.'s year-end "zeitgeist" report. Google's 12th annual roundup is "an in-depth look at the spirit of the times as seen through the billions of searches on Google over the past year," the company said in a blog post yesterday. Google defines topics as "trending" when they get a high amount of traffic over a sustained period of time.
People around the globe searched for news about Houston's accidental drowning in a bathtub just before she was to perform at a pre-Grammy Awards party in February. Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" music video trotted into second spot, a testament to his dance moves.
Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out power and flooded parts of the East Coast, was third. The next biggest searches globally were a pair of threes: the iPad 3 tablet from Apple Inc. and Diablo 3, a video game.
Singer Whitney Houston was the "top trending" search of the year, according to Google Inc.'s year-end "zeitgeist" report. Google's 12th annual roundup is "an in-depth look at the spirit of the times as seen through the billions of searches on Google over the past year," the company said in a blog post yesterday. Google defines topics as "trending" when they get a high amount of traffic over a sustained period of time.
People around the globe searched for news about Houston's accidental drowning in a bathtub just before she was to perform at a pre-Grammy Awards party in February. Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" music video trotted into second spot, a testament to his dance moves.
Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out power and flooded parts of the East Coast, was third. The next biggest searches globally were a pair of threes: the iPad 3 tablet from Apple Inc. and Diablo 3, a video game.
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