From ebola to Flappy Bird: These are the most popular Google Searches of 2014<article>
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<p>Google just released its annual retrospective on what the world was searching for in 2014. The company has apparently given up on calling its year in review the Google Zeitgeist and opted for the more humble "
Year in Search." The lists include everything from top trending overall searches to top trending GIFs.</p><p><strong>The story behind the story</strong>: Although it's stopped using the moniker, Zeitgeist was an entirely appropriate name for Google's yearly top trending search lists. As the most popular search engine in the world, Google has a special insight into what the world is thinking about at any given time. Google has used this ability to
track flu hotspots (albeit with
reportedly mixed results) and aid in disasters. At the end of the calendar year, it's always interesting to see what the world was most fascinated with during the previous twelve months.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2859944/from-ebola-to-flappy-bird-these-are-the-most-popular-google-searches-of-2014.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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From ebola to Flappy Bird: These are the most popular Google Searches of 2014
