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UAE Google Zeitgeist Stats
2008 has been a year of change in the UAE, and people have certainly been using Google to access information about these changes. The fastest rising searches included inquiry into local events like Atlantis Dubai as well as national issues such as Emirates ID. The economy, ever-changing, was also a topic of great interest in UAE, with top searches aimed at not only local issues like Economy of UAE but also global events the price of gold.Each of these lists shows either the fastest rising searches and most popular searches. The most popular searches mean these were the top searched terms of 2008. While the other categories (restaurants, concert tickets, vacation destinations and famous people) were the fastest rising search terms that saw the largest spike in searches during 2008, as compared to 2007.
Take a look below to get sense of the zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, in the UAE for 2008!
Fastest Rising
1. Beijing 2008
2. Nasser bin Zayed
3. Facebook
4. Bahrain Air
5. Obama
6. Hannah Montana
7. Youtube
8. Emirates ID
9. Atlantis Dubai
10. Heath Ledger
Most Popular
1. Dubai
2. UAE
3. The Emirates
4. Toys
5. Dubai
6. Images
7. News
8. Songs
9. Youtube
10. Games
Top Economic Terms
1. UAE economy
2. Indian economy
3. Economy of Kuwait
4. World economy
5. Inflation
6. Recession
7. Oil
8. Economy of Japan
9. IMF
10. Gold price
Vacations (Fastest Rising)
1. Hawaii
2. Fujairah
3. Maldives
4. Greece
5. Austria
6. Lebanon
7. Thailand
8. Turkey
9. Salalah
10. Italy
Famous People (Fastest Rising)
1. Nasser bin Zayed
2. Obama
3. Heath Ledger
4. Miley Cyrus
5. Tamer Husni
6. Rashid al Majid
7. Rihanna
8. Elissa
9. Al Afassi
10. Fairuz
