2007 Trends Review by TrendsSpotting

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1. We examined “You” - writing on blogs and forums. We checked Your searches and votes and presented evidence for the trends. 2. Trends 2007 tools in used: search engines trends, buzz on blogs, forums, surveys, websites contests, mainstream media and popular blogs. Methodology: 2007 TrendsSpotting Trend Review is Based on YOU!

“ Product Of The Year” 1. Nominees >> 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Product Of The Year” iPhone all the rest Vs

BlogPulse suggests iPhone was indeed a news generator.

Google zeitgeist: iPhone is the No 1 – fastest rising global and in US. Mainstream Media: Time declared iPhone as “ The invention of the year ”. Graph 1: blog citations (by BlogPulse ) 1. Nominees 2.Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Product Of The Year” “ Product Of The Year”

Graph 2: forum citations (by Omgili ) 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Product Of The Year” However xbox & wii seem to be starring in search and in forum discussions (see graph 2) during the holidays sales. “ Product Of The Year”

iPhone iPhone will make it to history pages. 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Product Of The Year” “ Product Of The Year”

1. Nominees >> 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Issue Of The Year” “ Issue Of The Year” “ Global Warming” “ United States Election” Vs

graph 3: Google search (by Google Trends) 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Issue Of The Year” “ Issue Of The Year”

Global warming – is a Global issue . Search volume is much higher than “United States elections” (graph 3).

Global warming is starring in blog discussions.

On the contrary “United States elections” made a loud noise in almost all main stream media across the globe. Presidential candidates are starring on Youtube as well.

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Issue Of The Year” “ Issue Of The Year” graph 4: Blog citations (by BlogPulse)

Trends seem much warmer on “ Global Warming” 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Issue Of The Year” “ Issue Of The Year”

“ Book Of The Year” 1. Nominees >> 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Book Of The Year” Vs Harry Potter Amazon Best sellers

Harry Potter’s [ 25-30 M sold & most talked in Shelfari ] is incomparable with other notable Amazon Best sellers specially Gilbert's “ Eat ,Pray ,Love ”[ 4 M sold].

On the release day itself Harry Potter was “hot” not less than iPhone

Harry Potter versus Amazon Best seller on blogs:

“ Book Of The Year” 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Book Of The Year” Graph 5: blog citations (by BlogPulse)

graph 6: forum discussions (by Omgili) 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Book Of The Year” “ Book Of The Year”

Harry Potter versus Amazon Best seller on forums:

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Book Of The Year” “ Book Of The Year” we are enchanted by “Potter Mania”

“ Facebook” “ Social Website Of The Year” 1. Nominees >> 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Social Website Of The Year” “ MySpace” Vs

graph 7: Google search (by Google Trends). 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Social Website Of The Year” graph 8: Blog citations (by blogPulse). “ Social Website Of The Year”

MySpace still leads our interest:

On the contrary –

Facebook is catching up by overcoming Myspace in UK & Canada and receives credits by most influencers .

Only recently Facebook was declared People's Voice Winner of social networking at Webbys , and was nominated for the Company of the Year in AOL Best and Worst 2007.

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Social Website Of The Year” “ Social Website Of The Year”

Going by stats :

The youngest accounts for a disproportionate amount of the traffic on MySpace and Facebook--and they don’t favor either brand.

Dual Facebook /MySpace users spent 26 % more time on Facebook (93 minutes per month ) - than did the average Facebook-only users (74 minutes).

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Social Website Of The Year” “ Facebook” “ Social Website Of The Year”

“ Japan ” “ China ” “ The United States ” 1. Nominees >> 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Country Of The Year” “ Country Of The Year” Vs Vs

Japan: The leading country to blog and the one to promise a replacement for the internet ,

China: burgeoning internet population that will soon overtake US

The United States ,China , and Japan are the 3 top guns in today’s internet (see graph ).

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Country Of The Year” “ Country Of The Year” graph 9: Top countries in internet useage (by internetworldstats )

Graph10 : Blog citations (by BlogPulse) 1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence >> 3. TrendsSpotting “Country Of The Year” “ Country Of The Year”

Going by blog citations our discussions seemed real hot.

1. Nominees 2. Trends Evidence 3. TrendsSpotting “Country Of The Year ” “ Country Of The Year” TrendsSpotting Country of the Year “ China” No doubt Asian giants are roaring up to take the United States bull by horn.

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