Google declaring its India Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the Indian users on the web.

The 2008 year-end India Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year’s major proceedings and hottest trends based on searches conducted by users in India.

YouTube becomes is the fastest rising search term in 2008. Orkut and Gmail remain the most popular networking and communication properties for Indian users. Also Katrina Kaif was the majority searched across various categories.

Google country head Vinay Goel who says the most searched celebrity Katrina Kaif is more Polular in Pakistan than in India.

“Katrina Kaif is not only the most searched for Bollywood celebrity, she is also the fastest rising search item across categories in India.

She is more popular in Pakistan than In India. So if she’s ended up in the Top Ten list in India, she’s in the top two or three list in Pakistan,” he said.

While developing the 2008 report, Google analyzed different aspects of the search queries to understand what was on the minds of Internet users in India.

Fastest Rising

1. youtube

2. orkut

3. katrina kaif

4. cricket

5. irctc

6. facebook

7. genelia d’souza

8. beijing 2008 olympic games

9. sixth pay commission

10. ipl

Most Popular

1. orkut

2. gmail

3. yahoo

4. google

5. youtube

6. yahoomail

7. indian railways

8. rediff

9. cricket

10. katrina kaif

Top searches on Mobile

1. orkut

2. yahoo

3. waptrick

4. gmail

5. games

6. katrina kaif

7. rediffmail

8. yahoomail

9. namitha

10. google

Top Bollywood Celebrities

1. katrina kaif

2. aishwarya rai

3. salman khan

4. hrithik roshan

5. kareena kapoor

6. shahid kapur

7. deepika padukone

8. shahrukh khan

9. mallika sherawat

10. genelia d’souza