Google Zeitgeist
Google Zeitgeist is the google way to measure the popularity of a search term in the web. The data is provided monthly by google regional wiseZeitgeist by Country displays either the top gaining queries in a domain (that is, the searches that have gained the most popularity with respect to the previous month) or the most Top Gaining Queries in a domain (that is, a selection of the top queries), whichever best reflects the zeitgeist of that country.
Here is the top 15 terms queried by India during the month of May 2008 (from 1-15)
emma watson
nifty
bsnl
symbiosis pune
wikimapia
IELTS
deforestation
china mobiles
peta
nicole scherzinger
statue of liberty
harrypotter
makemytrip
iit jee 2008 result
lord hanuman
