2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist: Malaysia

2009 was a year for Malaysians to forge closer ties with one another and look up out-of-touch friends and family as evidenced by the presence of facebook, Friendster, MySpace, Twitter and Tagged in the top and fastest-rising searches for Malaysia. It was also a year that saw new faces, led by YouTube sensation Zee Avi in the entertainment field and politican Elizabeth Wong on the newsmakers list. Malaysians were also clearly interested in the recently-announced 1Malaysia F1 team that was granted permission to compete in next year's Formula One season. Check out the lists below to get a better sense of the Malaysian Zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, in 2009!

Searches for jawatan kosong (job vacancies) in Malaysia, 2008-2009

Fastest rising searches of 2009 facebook login michael jackson elizabeth wong utusan malaysia dragonica oh bulan jobsmalaysia twitter tagged.com 4shared	Most popular searches of 2009 facebook friendster yahoo myspace yahoo mail gmail berita harian tagged malaysia kini youtube
Fastest rising newsmakers elizabeth wong manohara odelia pinot zakiah anas nizar kartika fasha sandha khalid samad najib ong tee keat sufiah yusof	Fastest rising headlines h1n1 earth hour 1malaysia budget 2010 15 malaysia khidmat negara 2010 super typhoon parma solar eclipse padang indonesia tsunami 2009
Fastest rising song searches in Malay khatimah cinta cinta gila cari jodoh dan sebenarnya pakai buang situasi tanpa bunga angkasa jeritan batinku kucing hitam	Fastest rising entertainers zee avi yuna hafiz af aril af tiz zaqyah julie woon stacy tomok bunkface linda onn
Fastest rising sports 1malaysia F1 kelate.net f1 sepang motogp BAM malaysia FAM lee chong wei hijau kuning gofutsal badminton super series	Fastest rising food searches in Malay masakan melayu kuih tradisional puding karamel biskut raya kek coklat nasi beriani puding roti karipap daging cucur udan

(Source: 2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist: Malaysia)