Official Google Canada Blog: December 2012

YouTube Rewind: What Canadians were watching in 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

YouTube Rewind channelTop Trending YouTube Videos in Canada

PSY - Gangnam Style

Somebody that I used to know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye cover)

KONY 2012

“Call Me Maybe” featuring Justin Bieber, Selena, Ashley Tisdale, etc.

Surprise Britney Learns ‘Gangnam Style’ from Psy

Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2

“Fallen Kingdom” a Minecraft Parody of Coldplay’s Viva la Vida (Music Video)

Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen.

“Call Me Maybe” MattyBRaps & Cimrelli “Don’t call me baby” parody

Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k - Mission highlights

Posted by Wendy Bairos, Google Canada

Where was Canada shopping in 2012?

Monday, December 17, 2012

93 per cent of Canadians

Top Retail Searches on Google, 2012KijijieBayCraigslistCanadian TireWalmartFuture ShopHome DepotLesPACCostcoIkeawww.googlezeitgeist.com.
Posted by Aaron Brindle, Google Canada

A Year in Canadian Search: Top Google Searches of 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Searches for Pinterest, Whitney Houston and Hurricane Sandy top the 2012 trending list

What were the trending searches of the year?

Who was the most-searched celebrity of the last 12 months?

Which Canadian Olympian won Google search gold?

Who was Canada’s most Googled federal politician?

Today, Google announced its annual Zeitgeist, a look at 2012 through the collective eyes of the world on the web. This year’s lists offer a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted in Canada.

Pinterest had an incredible year – the content-sharing platform has become so popular amongst Canadians that even a late surge by the storm of the century couldn’t keep it out of the top spot on the trending list for 2012. And in an Olympic year, we spent hours rooting and searching for our favourite athletes – crowning tennis player Milos Raonic as the most searched Canadian Olympian at the London Games. Intrigued? Read on to find out what captivated Canadians in 2012.
Canada’s Trending Queries1. Pinterest 2. Hurricane Sandy3. Olympics4. Diablo 35. Gangnam Style6. Hunger Games 7. SOPA 8. Star Académie 9. Kony 10. Zerg Rush
Canada’s Top Trending Celebrities
1. Whitney Houston 2. Jeremy Lin 3. Michael Clarke Duncan4. Morgan Freeman5. Felix Baumgartner6. Kate Middleton7. Neil Armstrong8. Carly Rae Jepsen9. Lance Armstrong10. Katie HolmesCanada’s Most Searched Federal Politicians1. Stephen Harper
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Vic Toews
4. Thomas Mulcair
5. Peter MacKay
6. Bob Rae
7. Jason Kenney
8. Marc Garneau
9. John Baird
10. Elizabeth May
Canada’s Top Trending Jobs
1. Civil Engineer 2. Pharmacist 3. Truck Driver 4. Veterinarian 5. Paralegal 6. Retail/Sales Associate 7. Electrical Engineer 8. Dancer 9. Software Developer 10. Financial Analyst

Canada’s Most Searched Musicians
1. One Direction

2. Justin Bieber

3. Drake

4. Whitney Houston

5. Rihanna

6. Adele

7. Taylor Swift

8. Nicki Minaj

9. Katy Perry

10. Madonna

Canada’s Most Searched Homegrown Olympians
1. Milos Raonic

2. Alexandre Despatie

3. Christine Sinclair

4. Clara Hughes

5. Ryder Hesjedal

Canada’s Most Searched Homegrown Sports Teams
1. Toronto Blue Jays

2. Toronto Maple Leafs

3. Vancouver Canucks

4. Montreal Canadiens

5. Winnipeg Jets

6. Edmonton Oilers

7. Calgary Flames

8. Ottawa Senators

9. Toronto Raptors

10. Montreal Impact

To see more information about Google Zeitgeist across the globe, use interactive data visualizations and to watch our annual video, visit google.com/zeitgeist.

What is Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist?

Google reveals the internet "Zeitgeist" (German for "the spirit of the times") through an exploration of the over one trillion search queries we receive each year. In addition to the Year-end Zeitgeist, which highlights the top trends of 2012, we also have several tools that give insight into global, regional, past and present search trends. Google Zeitgeist tools can never be used to identify individual users because we rely on anonymized, aggregated counts of how often certain search queries occur over time. These tools are available year-round for you to play with, explore, and learn from: google.com/zeitgeist

Posted by Aaron Brindle, Google Canada

YouTube Next How-to Guru: Could you be next?

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Picture this. You’re almost ready for that cocktail party and you realize you don’t know how to tie a bow-tie. Or you’re packing for the holidays and have no idea how to fit everything in your bag. Tons of people turn to YouTube to watch tutorials on everything from doing a perfect braid to learning how to poach an egg.

So we’re launching YouTube Next How-to Guru and are on the hunt to find the coolest, cleverest, canniest and most creative makers out there. Do you crochet with the crafters? Do you give tips about your Toyota? Do you offer pointers about pasta? No matter your speciality, whether it’s scrapbooking or baseball or anything else, we’d love to hear from all the How-To Gurus out there - you know who you are!

All you have to do is submit your channel which focuses on how-to videos, as long as it’s educational and family-friendly.

The top 16 YouTube Next How-To Gurus will be chosen, and will be awarded a special, private Google+ workshop series from industry experts and YouTube staff, $4,000 worth of production equipment, and promotion on YouTube to help bring new eyeballs to your videos.

The program is open to creators in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand; it opens today and entries close on December 28, 2012.

We’re looking forward to seeing what you can teach us!

Austin Lau, YouTube Creator Programs Manager, recently watched “How To Kill a Mustache”

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