Right on the heels of Yahoo!'s top search announcement last week, Google has posted its annual year-end Zeitgeist report, revealing the year's most popular searches by country.Not surprisingly, President-Elect Obama took first place in the United States' fastest rising general searches, with former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin taking seventh. Interestingly enough, though, Palin was the fastest rising search globally, while Obama was placed at number six. The Beijing Olympics also held a place in both the US and global rankings, taking eighth and second, respectively.These findings, according to the New York Times, bring up questions of personal security in the Internet age and demonstrate the degree to which Internet surfers give away facts about themselves.

Fastest Rising (Global)
1. Sarah Palin
2. Beijing 2008
3. Facebook login
4. Tuenti
5. Heath ledger
6. Obama
7. Nasza Klasa
8. Wer Kennt Wen
9. Euro 2008
10. Jonas Brothers

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