Google recently released their top searches for 2008 called Google Zeitgeist (the spirit of the times). Of course, the list consists of search patterns, trends, and surprises based on the searches made by the online community using Google.

Surprisingly, for the fastest rising list (global), Sarah Palin tops it. I was expecting Obama or McCain to gain top spot. Palin was followed by the Beijing Olympics and Facebook login was third. Tuenti was fourth followed by heath ledger, obama, nasza klasa, wer kennt wen, euro 2008 and jonas brothers.

For the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao leads the fastest-rising newsmaker while Charice Pempengco and Arnel Pineda leads the celebrity searches. The complete lists are:

Google News local searches
 

1. manny pacquiao
2. pacquaio marquez fight
3. pacquiao diaz fight
4. rcbc bank robbery
5. ces drilon
6. sona 2008
7. reproductive health bill
8. earthquake philippines
9. rudy fernandez death
10. zte broadband deal

Celebrities
 
 

1. charice pempengco
2. arnel pineda
3. dj montano
4. wu chun
5. jonas brothers
6. heath ledger
7. miley cyrus
8. chris brown
9. mike he
10. marian rivera

Most Popular
1. lyrics
2. friendster
3. you
4. games
5. yahoo
6. youtube
7. love
8. google
9. mp3
10. map

Local travel destinations
1. pangasinan
2. cebu
3. palawan
4. baguio
5. sagada
6. bohol
7. el nido
8. plantation bay
9. tagaytay
10. punta fuego

Fastest Rising
1. cabal
2. y8.com
3. psp
4. comments
5. emo
6. friendster.com
7. naruto
8. multiply
9. mozilla
10. realize lyrics

Filino Related
1. florante at laura
2. ibong adarna
3. pinoy jokes
4. noli me tangere
5. el filibusterismo
6. bugtong
7. tula
8. filipino scientist
9. alamat
10. talumpati