Atlantis, Emirates ID rise and shine on UAE Google search list

Dubai: Google has released its yearly report on the top search terms around the world: the fastest rising queries for the UAE included Facebook, Obama, Atlantis and Emirates ID.

The annual Zeitgeist gives an insight into the year's hottest trends regarding global searches for the UAE and 35 other countries.

Around the world, the fastest rising queries included Sarah Palin, Beijing 2008, Facebook, and Euro 2008.

Fastest rising restaurant queries in the UAE included Al Mahara, Frankies, Automatic and Kamat.

While UAE residents were interested in Hawaii and the Maldives as holiday destinations, top Arabic queries remained largely regional, with Fujairah, Lebanon and Salalah in the top ten.

Interestingly, the most popular queries in the UAE were Dubai, UAE itself, The Emirates, YouTube and news.

Fastest Rising (UAE)
Beijing 2008
Nasser Bin Zayed
Facebook
Bahrain Air
Obama
Hannah Montana
YouTube
Emirates ID
Atlantis Dubai
Heath Ledger

Most Popular (UAE)
Dubai
UAE
the emirates
toys
Dubai (in Arabic)
images
news
songs
YouTube
games

Fastest Rising (Global)
Sarah Palin
Beijing 2008
Facebook login
Tuenti
Heath Ledger
Obama
Nasza Klasa
Wer Kennt Wen
Euro 2008
Jonas Brothers