December 18th, 2006
Podcasting, social networks, read/write Web, and video dominate Google's '06 Zeitgeist
- "podcasting" was the 4th most popular Google News search of the year;
- "Bebo" and "MySpace" were the #1 and #2 most popular Web searches;
- "Metacafe" and "video" were the #4 and #7 most popular Web searches;
- "Wikipedia" and "wiki" were the #6 and #10 most popular Web searches; and
- "Radioblog" was the #5 most popular Web search.
To me these stats tell the tale of a watershed year for creating, listening to, viewing, and otherwise relying on independent and user generated media, further end-to-end participation through blogs and wikis, and enhancing social interactions online.
Peer-to-peer, neither gone nor forgotten, has merely shifted to the torrenting arena with Mininova #9 in Web searches. (Contrast '01, when Napster and Gnutella were on the wane and Kazaa on the rise).
Denise Howell is an appellate, intellectual property and technology lawyer who enjoys broad industry recognition for her expertise on the intersection of emerging technologies and law. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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