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February 2005 Zeitgeist
Popular Female Celebrities
February 2005

     1. madonna

     2. paris hilton

     3. britney spears

     4. carmen electra

     5. pamela anderson

Popular Male Celebrities
February 2005

     1. eminem

     2. michael jackson

     3. michael jordan

     4. johnny depp

     5. nelly

Top Music Queries
February 2005

     1. lyrics

     2. usher

     3. beyonce

     4. ashlee simpson

     5. music

Top TV and Movie Queries
February 2005

     1. napoleon dynamite

     2. family guy

     3. american idol

     4. simpsons

     5. south park

Spring Fever?
February 2005

     1. prom dresses

     2. bikini

     3. basketball

     4. beach

     5. weather


Google News Queries
Popular February Holidays
February 2005

     1. chinese new year

     2. groundhog day

     3. oscars

     4. valentine's day

     5. mardi gras

Popular Countries in Asia
February 2005

     1. china

     2. india

     3. nepal

     4. japan

     5. vietnam

Popular Countries in Latin America - February 2005

     1. cuba

     2. mexico

     3. venezuela

     4. argentina

     5. chile


Google Image Search Queries
Popular Valentines Queries
February 2005

     1. love

     2. heart

     3. roses

     4. cupid

     5. broken heart


Australia
Popular Financial Institutions - February 2005

     1. commonwealth bank

     2. westpac

     3. znz

     4. national australia bank

     5. st george bank

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. qantas

     2. virgin blue

     3. good charlotte

     4. chad michael murray

     5. slipknot

     6. jesse mccartney

     7. usher

     8. simple plan

     9. bec cartwright

   10. green day

Popular Women
February 2005

     1. bec cartwright

     2. hilary duff

     3. lindsay lohan

     4. paris hilton

     5. rachel bilson


Canada
Popular Travel Queries
February 2005

     1. air canada

     2. westjet

     3. hotels

     4. weather network

     5. maps

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. inuyasha

     2. hilary duff

     3. air canada

     4. chad michael murray

     5. napoleon dynamite

     6. green day

     7. avril lavigne

     8. tsunami

     9. 50 cent

   10. westjet

Popular Men
February 2005

     1. chad michael murray

     2. 50 cent

     3. brad pitt

     4. jesse mccartney

     5. michael jackson


Brazil

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. carnaval

     2. hello kitty

     3. receita federal

     4. tsunami

     5. bbb

     6. avril lavigne

     7. inuyasha

     8. slipknot

     9. inss

   10. cescranrio

China 

Popular Queries
February 2005
    1. 如何申请icp许可证 (ICP online business license information)
    2. 鲜花 (flowers)
    3. 两只蝴蝶 ("Two Butterflies", song title)
    4. 断仇谷 (title of a popular movie)
    5. 刘亦菲 (Liu Yifei)
    6. 老鼠爱大米 ("Mice Love Rice", song title)
    7. 2002的第一场雪 ("First Snow of 2002", song title)
    8. 情人节 (Valentine's Day)
    9. 胡歌 (Hu Ge)
  10. 功夫 ("Kung Fu" movie)
Denmark 

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. dba

     2. eminem

     3. pokemon

     4. bilbasen

     5. tsunami

     6. ikea

     7. peter plys

     8. angelina jolie

     9. ekstrabladet

   10. ferrari


France
Popular Radio Queries
February 2005

     1. skyrock

     2. nrj

     3. france inter

     4. europe 2

     5. rtl

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. fnac

     2. meetic

     3. tf1

     4. cdiscount

     5. tiscali

     6. jennifer lopez

     7. michelin

     8. thallia

     9. saint valentin

   10. 1ere compagnie

Popular Valentine's Day Queries - February 2005

     1. amour

     2. coeur

     3. st valentin

     4. rencontre

     5. fleurs


Germany
Popular Media
February 2005

     1. spiegel

     2. bild.de

     3. chip

     4. fhm

     5. faz

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. valentinstag

     2. firefox

     3. wikipedia

     4. aldi

     5. tchibo

     6. arbeitsamt

     7. songtext

     8. handy

     9. gelbe seiten

   10. billige flüge

Popular Cars
February 2005

     1. bmw

     2. ferrari

     3. mercedes

     4. opel

     5. vw


Finland 

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. ystävänpäivä

     2. irc-galleria

     3. etuovi

     4. aapeli

     5. avoimet työpaikat

     6. sydän

     7. älypää

     8. tuning

     9. deitti

   10. nopeustesti

India

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. tsunami

     2. sania mirza

     3. valentine's day

     4. aishwarya rai

     5. indian idol

     6. toyota innova

     7. nigar khan

     8. michael jackson

     9. serena williams

   10. narain karthikeyan


Ireland
Popular TV Queries
February 2005

     1. rte news

     2. sky sports

     3. desperate housewives

     4. eastenders

     5. home and away

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. ryanair

     2. eircom,

     3. aer lingus

     4. rte

     5. museo del prado

     6. sky news

     7. buy and sell

     8. vodafone.ie

     9. golden pages

   10. eircom.net

Popular Sports Queries
February 2005

     1. manchester united

     2. rugby

     3. liverpool fc

     4. irish rugby

     5. soccer


Italy
Popular Airlines
February 2005

     1. ryanair

     2. aer lingus

     3. alitalia

     4. meridiana

     5. air one

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. san valentino

     2. ferrrari

     3. jennifer lopez

     4. amore

     5. u2

     6. winnie the pooh

     7. vanessa incontrada

     8. calciomercato

     9. vasco rossi

   10. berlusconi

Popular Singers
February 2005

     1. britney spears

     2. avril lavigne

     3. robbie williams

     4. gwen stefani

     5. madonna


Japan
Popular Food and Beverages - February 2005

     1.

マクドナルド (McDonald's)

     2.

チョコレート (chocolate)

     3.

吉野家 (yoshino-ya)

     4.

グルメ (gourmet)

     5.

ラーメン (ramen)
Popular Queries
February 2005

     1.

あびる優 (Yu Abiru)

     2.

ライブドア (livedoor)

     3.

mixi

     4.

確定申告 (tax return)

     5.

シャラポワ (Sharapova)

     6.

インリン (Ynling)

     7.

安田美沙子 (Misako Yasuda)

     8.

大塚愛 (Ai Ootsuka)

     9.

安藤美姫 (Miki Ando)

   10.

ごくせん (gokusen)
Popular Health-Related Queries - February 2005

     1.

インフルエンザ (influenza)

     2.

αリポ酸 (alpha lipoic acid)

     3.

ダイエット (diet)

     4.

花粉症 (hay fever)

     5.

ひきこもり (social withdrawal)


The Netherlands
Popular Women
February 2005

     1. hilary duff

     2. beyonce

     3. jennifer lopez

     4. paris hilton

     5. marjolein keuning

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. marktplaats

     2. schnappi

     3. spongebob

     4. ajax

     5. love

     6. voetbal

     7. carnaval

     8. hilary duff

     9. feyenoord

   10. hartje

Queries for Men
February 2005

     1. 50 cent

     2. 2pac

     3. brad pitt

     4. hitler

     5. orlando bloom


Korea

Popular Queries
February 2005

    1.

이은주 (actress Lee Eun-joo)

    2.

프리스타일 (online game "Freestyle")

    3.

쾌걸춘향 (TV mini-series "Refreshing Girl Chunyang")

    4.

투잡스 (moonlighting)

    5.

유니 (pop singer U-nee)

    6.

황현정 (anchorwoman Hwang Hyun-jung)

    7.

콘스탄틴 (movie "Constantine")

    8.

발렌타인데이 (Valentine's Day)

    9.

해신 (TV mini-series "Sea God")

  10.

지율스님 (Buddhist priest Ji-yul)
New Zealand 

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. trademe

     2. nzdating

     3. air new zealand

     4. tsunami

     5. qantas

     6. nz herald

     7. 2pac

     8. world map

     9. vodafone

   10. hilary duff


Spain
Popular Valentine's Day Queries - February 2005

     1. san valentin

     2. valentine's day

     3. amor

     4. corazon

     5. flores

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. el mundo

     2. infojobs

     3. san valentin

     4. renfe

     5. traductor

     6. iberia

     7. la caixa

     8. ikea

     9. fernando torres

   10. coches

Popular Women
February 2005

     1. jennifer lopez

     2. carmen electra

     3. beyonce

     4. veronica sanchez

     5. elsa pataky


Norway 

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. kristian kjelling

     2. manchester united

     3. blink

     4. the grudge

     5. dagbladet

     6. robbie williams

     7. david beckham

     8. hello kitty

     9. norge

   10. kanin

Russia

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1.

День Святого Валентина (Valentine's Day)

     2.

День Защитника Отечества (The Day of Homeland Protectors, national holiday)

     3.

Кремлевская диета (Kremlin diet)

     4.

Турецкий гамбит ("Turkish Gambit" movie)

     5.

travel diary

     6.

Горные лыжи (mountain skiing)

     7.

Свадебное платье (wedding dress)

     8.

Шахматы (chess)

     9.

Великая Отечественная Война (Great Patriotic War)

   10.

EU association agreement
Sweden

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. aftonbladet

     2. britney spears

     3. paris hilton

     4. blocket

     5. hjärtan

     6. hjärta

     7. lexikon

     8. dc++

     9. lunarstorm

   10. alla hjärtans dag


United Kingdom
Popular Musical Acts
February 2005

     1. girls aloud

     2. mcfly

     3. brian mcfadden

     4. u2

     5. robbie williams

Popular Queries
February 2005

     1. green day

     2. girls aloud

     3. playboy

     4. jennifer ellison

     5. ebay.co.uk

     6. dogs

     7. jordan

     8. beyonce

     9. little britain

   10. british airways

Popular Valentine Queries
February 2005

     1. flowers

     2. valentines day

     3. lingerie

     4. love hearts

     5. valentines' gifts


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Updated: April 19, 2005

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