“Facebook Login” in the 2008 Google Zeitgeist

Posted by admin in Facebook Information on March 31, 2009 | 3 responses

The search “Facebook Login” ranked number 3 in the 2008 Google Zeitgeist for the fastest rising search phrases.

Google Zeitgeist 2008

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3 Comments

1. Conor O'Nolan says:

   April 29, 2009 at 5:37 am

   I’ve been fascinated and frustrated to observe what seems to be a common practice among non-expert computer users.
   It’s using Google search box in the way an address box was intended.

   This helps explain why bebo and facebook are very common searches. It’s not a case of people looking for references to those sites, it’s a ‘please take me to my favourite site’ request, not a search request.

   Also very few non-expert computer users understand favourites or bookmarks. Therefore they constantly use Google several times a day to access their favourite site.

   Here are the most popular search terms in the UK in Google last year.

   1. facebook
   2. bbc
   3. youtube
   4. ebay
   5. games
   6. news
   7. hotmail
   8. bebo
   9. yahoo
   10. jobs

   Strip out the ones that look like requests to access a named site and you are left with Games, News, Jobs.

   I think this means that to find out what people are SEARCHING for, one needs a different method.
2. Roberta Risting says:

   May 27, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   I’m a novice computer user but am trying to use Facebook. So far, I have not found it user friendly.
3. David Crosby says:

   November 14, 2009 at 9:57 am

   Thanks for the info. Is always good to learn. Regards