Google's 'Year in Search' Provides Insight Into Big Trends of 2014
Unsolved mysteries, civil unrest, the World Cup and celebrity losses -- Google takes a look at what was important in 2014.
‘Tis the season for retrospection. To wit, Google took a look at the “Year in Search,” which examines search trends and what was important during 2014.
The disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was one of the biggest headlines, with more than 200 million searches. Interestingly, the searches skewed toward optimism, with more queries for “MH370 found” than “MH370 lost.” Still, the disappearance of MH370 is still an unsolved mystery.
This year was also a big one for sports, with the World Cup and Sochi Olympics generating lots of search interest.
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