December 29, 2011
--- And if you don’t know who or what these things are... you know what to do. ---
The end-of-year lists have arrived! What are we going to remember (and probably forget by mid-January) from 2011?
The most popular way to analyze the biggest events of the past year is to look at what were the most frequent topics of Internet searches. This most likely involves “googling” something you want to know more about, but other search engines still count and each has come out with their own list (or several categorized lists).
And the winners are:
According to Reuters:
10. iPad2
9. Steve Jobs
8. TEPCO
7. Adele
6. iPhone5
5. Battlefield 3
4. Casey Anthony
3. Ryan Dunn
2. Google+
1. Rebecca Black
According to Yahoo:
10. Osama bin Laden
9. Japan earthquake
8. Jennifer Aniston
7. American Idol
6. Lindsay Lohan
5. Jennifer Lopez
4. Katy Perry
3. Kim Kardashian
2. Casey Anthony
1. iPhone