Google Reveals The Most Popular Search Terms Of 2011

[ via Business Insider ] 21 Dec

Google just turned in its "annual report" of sorts as it has for the past several years in the form of Zeitgeist.

After sorting through billions of search terms, Google reveals the most popular things people searched for in 2011.

From pop culture to natural disaster, here are the 10 fastest rising search terms in the world for the year to date (to be read from least to best liked).

1. iPad2
2. Steve Jobs
3. TEPCO
4. Adele
5. iPhone 5
6. Battlefield 3
7. Casey Anthony
8. Ryan Dunn (of "Jackass" fame)
9. Google+
10. Rebecca Black (of YouTube fame)

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Most Popular Female Athletes on Internet In 2011 [ Survey ]

[ via Business Insider / Sports Page ] 17 Dec

Total Pro Sports put together a list of the 30 most Googled female athletes of 2011, measured by the amount of search results from the past year.

A selection of most popular athletes on Internet 2011 - Can you guess who tops the list?

And in 2011, it seems people were busy searching for female tennis players. And good news for Tennis enthusiasts as most favorite ladies on the tennis court took the top five spots, followed by skiers, soccer players, and even MMA fighters.

The list seen from Bottom to Top reads names as under:

• Gina Carano
• Michelle Wie
• Petra Kvitova
• Maria Kirilenko
• Hope Solo
• Ana Ivanovic
• Danica Patrick
• Lindsey Vonn
• Venus Williams
• Anna Kournikova
• Caroline Wozniacki
• Maria Sharapova
• Serena Williams

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