If Google’s Zeitgeist 2011 — the company’s 11th annual list of the most popular and fastest-rising Internet searches — truly reflects the spirit of the times, then we must be living in a world of whiffle heads. In a year when the U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq, the Congress almost brought the government to a financial standstill, and the nation’s sovereign credit was downgraded by Standard & Poor, the top search term was “Rebecca Black.” The Web celeb was the No. 1 fastest-rising query globally.
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Google's Zeitgeist: Don't Dig Too Deep for Meaning
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 19, 2011 11:37 AMIf Google’s Zeitgeist 2011 — the company’s 11th annual list of the most popular and fastest-rising Internet searches — truly reflects the spirit of the times, then we must be living in a world of whiffle heads. In a year when the U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq, the Congress almost brought the government to a financial standstill, and the nation’s sovereign credit was downgraded by Standard & Poor, the top search term was “Rebecca Black.” The Web celeb was the No. 1 fastest-rising query globally.