Katrina Kaif is famous, most searched on Google

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Google announced its India Zeitgeist for 2008.

Bangalore: Google announced its India Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the Indian users on the web.

The 2008 year-end India Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted by users in India.

YouTube becomes is the fastest rising search term in 2008. Orkut and Gmail remain the most popular networking and communication properties for Indian users. Also Katrina Kaif was the most searched across various categories.

Google country head Vinay Goel who says the most searched celebrity Katrina Kaif is more Polular in Pakistan than in India.

“Katrina Kaif is not only the most searched for Bollywood celebrity, she is also the fastest rising search item across categories in India.

She is more popular in Pakistan than In India. So if she's ended up in the Top Ten list in India, she's in the top two or three list in Pakistan,” he said.

While developing the 2008 report, Google analyzed various aspects of the search queries to understand what was on the minds of Internet users in India.

Fastest Rising

1. youtube

2. orkut

3. katrina kaif

4. cricket

5. irctc

6. facebook

7. genelia d'souza

8. beijing 2008 olympic games

9. sixth pay commission

10. ipl

Top searches on Mobile

1. orkut

2. yahoo

3. waptrick

4. gmail

5. games

6. katrina kaif

7. rediffmail

8. yahoomail

9. namitha

10. google

Top Bollywood Celebrities

1. katrina kaif

2. aishwarya rai

3. salman khan

4. hrithik roshan

5. kareena kapoor

6. shahid kapur

7. deepika padukone

8. shahrukh khan

9. mallika sherawat

10. genelia d'souza

Top holiday destinations

1. goa

2. kerala

3. kashmir

4. dubai

5. singapore

6. australia

7. london

8. shimla

9. switzerland

10. manali

Top 'how to' searches

1. how to reduce weight

2. how to kiss

3. how to earn money

4. how to get pregnant

5. how to learn english

6. how to gain weight

7. how to play guitar

8. how to create a website

9. how to impress a girl

10. how to tie a tie

Zeitgeist

Google reveals the internet "Zeitgeist" (German for "the spirit of the times") through an exploration of the billions of search queries Goolgle receives every year. In addition to the year-end Zeitgeist, which highlights the top trends of 2008, they also have several tools that give insight into global, regional, past and present search trends.