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December20th

Zeit-what?

Author: Casey | Posted in: Cool Sites, Tech

Google Zeitgeist

I’m not exactly sure what the word “Zeitgeist” means, but I thought this was pretty cool. Google has posted all of their year-end search trends with their corresponding dates to show exactly what people were searching for and when. At first glance, this doesn’t seem to be that big of a deal, but when you take a look at what events were occurring when people were searching on certain topics, it becomes pretty interesting.

I don’t have much more to say about it, but you can check it out for yourself…if you want.

  • http://billysblog.wordpress.com Billy Stanford

    Zeit·geist Audio pronunciation of “zeitgeist” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tstgst, zt-)
    n.

    The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: “It’s easy to see how a student… in the 1940′s could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kingsâ€? (James Atlas).