Year-End Google Zeitgeist – Search patterns, trends, and surprises

Track the course of the past 12 months on the timeline and graphs plotting the most popular search terms as they occurred throughout 2002. Check out the year’s top gaining and declining search terms as well as the most popular brands, music, movies and women on the web as seen by Google users.

My Top five Doodles from 2002:


Happy New Year


Google Doodle    Happy New Year

January 1st 2002

Wikipedia: New Year’s Day


La Fête de la Musique


La Fête de la Musique a 2002 Google Doodle

June 21st 2002

Wikipedia: Fête de la Musique


Happy 4th Birthday Google


Google Doodle Happy Birthday Google

September 27th 2002

Google: 4th Birthday images


Happy Birthday Picasso


Google Doodles Happy Birthday Picasso

October 25th 2002

finding Dulcinea: Happy Birthday, Pablo Picasso, Painter


Happy Halloween



Google 2002 Doodle Happy Halloween

October 31st 2002

Wikipedia: Halloween


Google, The Movie

ZepHopper said “I made this little movie trying to incorporate as many Google-logos as possible for SchnappMedia.”

by ZepHopper

Check back Next week for the 2003 Google Doodle’s

Search patterns, trends, and surprises