As the year winds down, interesting to look through the Google Zietgeist lens and see that of the top 10 fastest growing global search terms, Second Life ranked eighth. Also interesting to note how high other Web 2.0 sites and virtual worlds made the list (notably Webkinz and Club Penguin, proving that kid’s virtual worlds are the true view of the future):
Fastest Rising (global)
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin
Every year the “Society for the German language” choses the “Word of the year” (or actually the wordS of the year). This year “Second Life” was on the top ten list for the first time and came in as 7th – the highest entry from the internet world.