Most Surprising Trends

Australia heads the beer stakes, followed by Canada, United States and New Zealand.

The amount of searches for Ebay has doubled since mid-2004 and is at a record high as it continues to be one of the most visited sites on the ‘net.

Apparently not satisfied with the size of their manhood, the people of the Philippines have entered the search term “penis enlarger” into Google ten times more than any other region in the world.

There clearly is a trend towards the newfangled Ajax technology.

With the release of the Da Vinci Code movie, Google trends shows that the search for the term “da vinci code” is again on the up.

The iPod has directly contributed to Apple’s new found support when one compares the search for both “iPod” and “Apple”.

Exploring the possibility of plastic surgery is high on the agenda for many citizens of North America, particularly in the United States, with Google stats showing the US has the highest amount of searches in the world for “plastic surgery”.

Google rates Ireland and the United Kingdom as by far the highest regions searching for the term holiday on the ‘net.

Google stats indicate that whenever Halloween comes around the amount of searches for “costume” also rises.

The battle of the biggest news services appears to be firmly in the BBC’s grasp.