For Kiwis, October was a month of ghosts, hobbits, horses and Henrys according to the most popular searches on google.co.nz last month.A spike in Paul Henry-related searches following his resignation from TVNZ saw him feature on both the fastest rising web searches and fastest rising news searches lists. Sheila Dikshit, the Indian politician at the centre of the Henry saga, was also a popular search term during October – featuring at number three in the fastest rising news searches.‘Halloween’ and ‘Melbourne Cup’ are popular search terms every October, so it’s no surprise to see them making an appearance in October’s top searches. Also top of mind were ‘Hobbit’, ‘Election Results’ and ‘Silver Ferns’, reflecting the other big current affairs stories dominating the headlines throughout the month.As the end of the year is quickly sneaking up, we’ll soon be starting to put together the top Google searches of 2010. These lists always provide an intriguing insight into what’s been on the minds of Kiwis throughout the year so we look forward to sharing them with you!NZ’s fastest rising web searches, October1. Halloween2. www.fishforprizes.co.nz3. Commonwealth Games 20104. Commonwealth Games5. Paul HenryNZ’s fastest rising web searches, last 7 days1. Auckland Marathon2. Melbourne Cup 20103. Melbourne Cup4. Leonard Cohen5. HalloweenNZ’s fastest rising news searches, October1. Election results2. Paul Henry3. Sheila Dikshit4. Silver Ferns5. Hobbit
Worldwide fastest rising news searches, October1. Cliff Lee2. Sarah Scazzie3. Mortgage and foreclosures4. Jon Stewart5. Brett Favre
Worldwide fastest rising news searches, last 7 days
1. Charlie Sheen2. Kirchner3. Tsunami4. Jon Stewart5. Merapi
Posted by Corri McKenzie, Google NZ
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