During Hurricane Irene, Google published a threat evacuation layer onto Google maps on the WNYC radio website to reach both browsers and listeners. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August 2005, Google really started to show it's "age".
The fastest-moving search terms of the year reflect current events, with Hurricane Irene, bin Laden wives, Osama bin Laden dead, Les Paul, Nick Ashford dies, and Sheen Sumped all making that list. Facebook was the top searched term in the U.S.for...
Hurricane Irene Facebook’s Memology 2011 is a pretty good representation of the people, places, and events that most mattered to people over the course of the last year. While the top search lists from AOL, Bing, and Ask.com shed light on the...
Hurricane Irene 2011 Yahoo’s 10th annual top searches Year in Review is out, identifying the top trends and stories of the year based on the billions of searches performed by their users. This year, the iPhone was the top search of the year, a spot...
Hurricane Irene: What caused Hurricane Irene? Each year here at Search Engine Watch, we wait with bated breath for the top searched lists to come out. Sometimes insightful and often hilarious, the lists give an overview of the topics and terms on...
Hurricane Irene Bing has released a list of the top searches in 2011. Bing's recap, while far more comprehensive than the 2010 edition, mainly focuses on entertainment and celebrities. In that sense, Bing’s top searches lists do serve as a sort of...
As the potentially devastating Hurricane Irene bears down on the east coast of the United States, millions are turning to Google and its new tracking tools introduced earlier this summer to search for the latest storm path information.
