Google releases top searched terms of 2008 in UAE and 36 other countries in a global website

The 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in UAE and 35 additional countries.

UAE Google Search

In the UAE the fastest rising lists of 2008 proved to be quite interesting with the Beijing Olympics, Sheikh Nasser Bin Zayed and the Atlantis Hotel rising to the top ten searches for this year.

We also looked at what the top 10 most popular search terms related to the economy and the fastest rising lists of vacations, famous people and restaurants residents of the UAE are searching for.

In addition to telling us what people are curious about in the UAE, Google Zeitgeist tools also offer insight into which topics were of interest across the globe.

Google Zeitgeist 2008 Website

This year, for the first time since its inception in 2001, we have taken a deep dive into global search information across more than 30 countries and published our findings all in one place: the Google Zeitgeist 2008 website.

This year's global fastest rising searches show interest in global events such as the Beijing Olympics and Euro 2008, with a number of American politicians and international social networking sites showing up as well:

Global Fastest Rising Queries:

Sarah Palin
Beijing 2008
Facebook login
Tuenti
Heath Ledger
Obama
Nasza Klasa
Wer Kennt Wen
euro 2008
Jonas Brothers

UAE Fastest Rising Queries

Beijing 2008
Nasser Bin Zayed
Facebook
Bahrain Air
Obama
Hannah Montana
YouTube
Emirates ID
Atlantis Dubai
Heath Ledger

UAE Most Popular Queries

Dubai
UAE
The Emirates
Toys
Dubai
Images
News
Songs
Youtube
Games

UAE's Top 10 Most Popular Search Terms on the Economy

UAE Economy
indian Economy
Economy of Kuwait
World Economy
Inflation
Recession
Oil
Economy of Japan
IMF
Gold Price

UAE's Fastest Rising Vacation Queries

Hawaii
Fujairah
Maldives
Greece
Austria
Lebanon
Thailand
Turkey
Salalah
Italy

UAE Fastest Rising Queries of Famous Individuals

Nasser Bin Zayed
Obama
Heath Ledger
Miley Cyrus
Tamer Husni
Rashid Al Majid
Rihanna
Elissa
Al Afassi
Fairuz

UAE Fastest Rising Restaurant Queries

Al Mahara Restaurant
Frankies Restaurant
Caravan Restaurant
Automatic Restaurant
Kamat Restaurant
Teatro
Bice
Zuma
More Cafe
Beirut