Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the world on the web.

The 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on global searches, as well as searches conducted in Saudi and 36 additional countries.

KSA:

In the fastest rising lists of 2008 proved to be quite interesting with TV shows like Noor and news like the death of Suzanne Tamim rising to the top ten searches for this year. The full fastest rising list for Saudi in 2008 was:

- www.myeg.com
- Noor Television Show
- Abdullah Al Doosari
- YouTube
- Suzanne Tamim
- Sanwat Al Dayaa TV show
- Sanawat Al Dayaa TV Actress Lamees
- travian
- y8
- www.hihi2.com

In addition to telling us what people are curious about in KSA, Google Zeitgeist tools also offer insight into which topics were of interest across the globe. This year, for the first time since its inception in 2001, we have taken a deep dive into global search information across more than 30 countries and published our findings all in one place: the Google Zeitgeist 2008 website. This year's global fastest rising searches show interest in global events such as the Beijing Olympics and Euro 2008, with a number of American politicians and international social networking sites showing up as well.