Sunny Leone tops Google Seitgeist 2012

Sunny Leone, former Big House participant and adult entertainment star tops the Google India Zeitgeist 2012 for most searched people over internet, followed by Rajesh Khanna and Poonam Pandey for second and third rank consecutively.

Looking back for the moments and patterns that defined Google search patterns for India web users, Google analyzed over one trillion queries to showcase what the world searched for and prepared Google India Zeitgeist 2012. Google analyzes two search modes for preparing the zeitgeist. Trending Searches/2012, which is the search queries with the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2012 as compared to 2011 and most Searched/2012, search queries with the largest volume of searches.

For the third consecutive year, a female sensation is the most popular celebrity in the online world, according to Google India Zeitgeist 2012. In movies, Ek Tha Tiger tops the chart followed by Rowdy Rathore, Jannat 2, Housefull 2 and Raaz 3.

Breaking the mandate, Vilasrao Deshmukh was the only politician among the top 10 most searched people. However Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Pranab Mukherjee managed to rank amid the list for most searched news item. Kerala topped the category for most searched travel destinations, followed by Taj Mahal and Wagah Border for top 3 slots.

Following are the categories and their corresponding entries form the Google India Zeitgeist 2012.

Have a look:

Trending Searches
1. IBPS 2. Gate Exams 3. Sunny Leone 4. Ek Tha Tiger 5. Rowdy Rathore 6. CBSE 7. Rajesh Khanna 8. Aakash Tablet 9. HDFC 10. Jabong

People
1. Sunny Leone 2. Rajesh Khanna 3. Poonam Pandey 4. Alia Bhatt 5. Nirmal Baba 6. Sherlyn Chopra 7. Yash Chopra 8. Saif Ali Khan 9. Diana Penty 10. Vilasrao Deshmukh

Movies
1. Ek Tha Tiger 2. Rowdy Rathore 3. Jannat 2 4. Housefull 2 5. Raaz 3 6. Jism 2 7. Barfi 8. Ishaqzaade 9. Agent Vinod 10. Vicky Donor

Travel Destinations
1. Kerala 2. Taj Mahal 3. Wagah Border 4. Vaishno Devi 5. Amarnath 6. Kashmir 7. Shirdi 8. Rameshwaram Temple 9. Munnar 10. Gateway Of India

Cities
1. Delhi 2. Bangalore 3. Mumbai 4. Chennai 5. Pune 6. Hyderabad 7. Coimbatore 8. Kolkata 9. Jaipur 10. Goa

Local Places
1. Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 2. Freedom Park Bangalore 3. IBM 4. IIT Bombay 5. Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 6. Ramlila Ground Delhi 7. Delhi Zoo 8. Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai, Maharashtra 9. IIT Madras 10. Itpl, Bengaluru, Karnataka

News
1. Sensex 2. Vilasrao Deshmukh Death 3. Hurricane Sandy 4. Anna Hazare 5. Aseem Trivedi Cartoons 6. Abhishek Manu Singhvi 7. Kingfisher Airlines 8. Earthquake In Chennai 9. Pranab Mukharjee President 10. Rajesh Khanna Death