London
(ANI):
Stephen
Gately,
the
Boyzone
singer
who
died
in
October,
was
among
the
fastest
rising
search
topics
on
Google's
UK
site
in
2009.
However,
swine
flu
was
the
story
that
dominated
UK
news
headlines,
according
to
Google''s
annual
"zeitgeist",
which
analyses
the
firm's
search
trends,
reports
the
BBC.
It
was
closely
followed
by
the
rise
of
Britain''s
Got
Talent
runner-up
Susan
Boyle
and
the
death
of
Jade
Goody.
In
a
year
when
several
high-profile
and
much-loved
actors,
singers
and
celebrities
passed
away,
Michael
Jackson
was
the
top
trending
topic
on
search
engine
Bing.
Also
in
the
top
10
were
searches
for
Twitter,
swine
flu,
the
stock
market,
Farrah
Fawcett,
Patrick
Swayze,
the
US
car
scrappage
scheme,
known
as
"cash
for
clunkers",
as
well
as
reality
TV
stars
Jon
and
Kate
Gosselin,
baseball
player
Billy
Mays
and
Jaycee
Lee
Dugard,
who
was
found
safe
and
well
18
years
after
being
kidnapped
as
an
11-year-old.
The
list
of
trending
topics
for
Microsoft
Bing
are
US-centric,
because
Microsoft
did
not
launch
a
localised
UK
version
of
the
search
service
until
earlier
this
month.