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Answer: They both edged out the Beijing 2008 Olympics and topped the Google Zeitgeist rankings!
In the latest Google Zeitgeist rankings which aggregates billions of search queries and ranks top search queries around the world, Edison Chen and Sarah Palin took top honours in China and the world respectively. The Beijing 2008 Olympics would have been the fastest rising search term hands down but was edged out by Edison Chen in the China category, and Sarah Palin in the Global category.
Rankings after the jump:
Fastest Rising search terms in China:
1. 陈冠希 Edison Chen
2. 奥运会开幕式 Beijing 2008 Olympic opening
3. 四川地震 Sichuan earthquake
4. 不合格奶粉名单 List of milk powder brands that were found to contain melamine
5. 艳照门 Sexy-photo-gate
6. 画皮 Huapi
7. 赤裸特工f.b.i Naked workers FBI
8. 国足欢迎你 Chinese Football League welcomes you
9. 刘翔退赛 Liu Xiang quits the race
10. 神七 Shenzhou VII
Fastest Rising search terms globally
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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Who are Tuenti? What's the deal with the naked FBI?
So many questions!!
Shangzilla have done a review of the year which explains some of the more obscure search terms...
another thing they have in common is both of them are african fans. chen went to 4 african countries in 2008 while palin simply called africa a country.
It's unfortunate to see that the obnoxious habit of putting '-gate' on the end of any sort of scandal has made it into the Chinese lexicon.
Sex sells! Edison for obvious raesons and Palin is a sexy auntie!