31 December 2003

We ring out the year with another Zeitgeist, our annual look at the most searched-for topics on Google.com. Plus, the top ten fastest-rising queries (each linked to results from the Google News Archive) show what's on our minds:

  1. britney spears
  2. harry potter
  3. matrix
  4. shakira
  5. david beckham
  6. 50 cent
  7. iraq
  8. lord of the rings
  9. kobe bryant
  10. tour de france
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