This year's trending searches show growing interest in political and social issues within the Arab world as well as globally in addition to a rising interest in electronic gadgets and entertainment news. This year's Google Zeitgeist reveals that Emiratis are turning to the Internet as their number one source of information on-the-go.
Google's top searches of 2012 in the UAE showcased the top 10 findings for trending search terms, trending people, TV shows, sports teams, athletes, Emirati Olympians, foods, travel destinations and fashion labels.
UAE's Top Trending Query
Gangnam Style
UAE's Top Trending Person
Whitney Houston
UAE's Most Searched TV Show
Omar Series
UAE's Most Searched Athlete
Cristiano Ronaldo
UAE's Most Searched Sports Team
Barcelona
UAE's Most Searched Emirati Olympian
Hamdan Al Kimaly
UAE's Top Trending Travel Destination
Al Ain Al Sokhna
UAE's Top Trending Food Search
Baklava
UAE's Top Trending Fashion Label
Isabel Marant
You can find out the top 10 most-searched terms for each category by visiting the Google Zeitgeist website on googlezeitgeist.com and checking out the UAE tab for more in-depth information.
In addition showcasing what people were curious about in UAE, Google Zeitgeist tools also offer insight into which topics captured the world's attention in 2012. Top search terms from over fifty countries appear on our Google Zeitgeist webpage, googlezeitgeist.com -- from most-searched travel destinations in Brazil, to trending Australian celebrities, to most-searched Egyptian Olympians, to top tech gadgets in Japan and everything in between.
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Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2012 through the collective eyes of UAE residents on the web, offering a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted in the UAE.
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Posted by Nadeen El AjouWednesday, December 12 - 2012 at 14:48 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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