Results of 2010 online survey by the popular search engine discloses what 81 million Indian netizens have been looking for on the Internet

Delhi googled 'CWG' the most

Results of 2010 online survey by the popular search engine discloses what 81 million Indian netizens have been looking for on the Internet

Obvious isn't it? What was bigger news in Delhi this year than Commonwealth Games 2010? The scams, the controversies, the rising and falling infrastructure, and of course the sports - no wonder CWG occupied the minds of netizens from the Capital this year more than anything else. And this is reflected in the findings of the 2010 online study by Google Zeitgeist.u00a0

Game Theory: Commonwealth Games was searched the most by
Delhiites revealed an annual survey by Google. file pic

Lip service anyone?
The results make for interesting reading, as always. While last year, India tried to learn "how to Kiss" online, this year it has graduated to "how to get pregnant". So will Indians usher in the New Year, practising their newfound skills? The mind boggles.

Interestingly in the fastest rising personality category, British actress Aruna Shields (who debuted in the Hindi film 'Prince') topped the charts, followed by another debutant Sonakshi Sinha, who made her film debut with the more successful 'Dabangg' this year. Some of the other favourites from Bollywood included Katrina Kaif and Zarine Khan. Though cricket scores appeared to be the sixth most-searched query, former IPL boss Lalit Modi was the most searched individual from the cricketing world.

On track
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) emerged as the most searched for year-on-year, followed by low-cost smartphone maker Micromax Mobiles and YouTube movies.

Facebook was the second most popular site, after songs, confirming the latest trend of hooking on to social networking. In 2009, Facebook was the ninth most popular searched item on the web.

Good call
The telecom sector ruled the list of brand searches. With a mobile subscription base of over 700 million, Nokia and Samsung were the most searched on Google, followed by Airtel, Micromax and Dell.

Surprisingly, with so many international cars coming to India and sales zooming, Maruti was the only auto company that was among the top 10 most popular brands searched. 'Action' dominated the movie choice of Indian netizens with Kites, Endhiran and Dabangg being the top three. 3 idiots and Harry Potter were also popular.

In 2009 Indian netizens had the budget news and the country's biggest corporate scandal, Satyam, on their search radar - both emerging as the fastest rising queries on Google. Last year, while India mourned the untimely demise of the King of Pop and looked for the latest buzzword Twitter, the Indian Railways and Gmail continued to be the most popular online destinations.

Fastest rising by cities: Delhi
1. Common wealth Games 2010
2. 3 idiots
3. FIFA
4. Cricket score
5. Micromax mobile
6. Games for girls
7. Blackberry
8. Car games
9. Dainik Jagran
10. Sakshi (Telugu newspaper)

Fastest rising
1. IRCTC login
2. Micromax mobile
3. YouTube Videos
4. FIFA
5. Facebook
6. Cricket live score
7. Indian Railways
8. Twitteru00a0
9. way2sms
10. Samsung Mobile

Most popular movies
1. Kites
2. Endhiran
3. Dabangg
4. 3 Idiots
5. Harry Potter
6. Ravaan
7. Veer
8. My Name is Khan
9. Twilight
10. Rajneeti

Fastest rising people
1. Aruna Shields
2. Sonakshi Sinha
3. Zarine Khan
4. Lalit Modi
5. Neha Sharma
6. Shakira
7. Katrina Kaif
8. Sachin Tendulkar
9. Lady Gaga
10. Salman Khan

Popular 'how to' list
1. How to get pregnant
2. How to kiss
3. How to impress a girl
4. How to improve spoken english
5. How to reduce weight
6. How to gain weight
7. How to tie a tie
8. How to create a website
9. How to make money
10. How to meditate

Popular brand
1. Nokia
2. Samsung
3. Airtel
4. Micromax
5. Dell
6. Maruti
7. Vodafone
8. Apple
9. Sony Ericsson
10. HP