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March Madness Extends to Google Weekly Zeitgeist

Google Announces 15 Top Gainers for the Week Ending March 20

The month of March contains multitudes, and that includes search queries on Google.com. This week people using Google to find information encompassed seasonal sports (NCAA, March Madness), the week's movie releases (V for Vendetta, She's the Man) and the actors in them (Channing Tatum, Natalie Portman). Two other March events, St. Patrick's Day and the ides of March, came up just as frequently in search results. Other entertainments for the week included off-season football (Terrell Owens), art happenings (Spencer Tunick) and videogame releases (Oblivion).
Below is a summary of the Google Zeitgeist results for the top 15 gainers on Google.com when comparing search queries that have risen by a significant percentage for the week of March 13-20.

For more information, visit the Google Zeitgeist at http://www.google.com/zeitgeist.

Google.com Gainers

1. st. patrick's day - March 17 marked the annual wearing of the green to honor Ireland's patron saint
2. channing tatum - he's the male lead in the new turnabout comedy "She's The Man," which opened March 17
3. v for vendetta - the political thriller based on Alan Moore's graphic novel topped the box office for March 17 opening weekend
4. ncaa - the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual basketball tourney, which stirs much fan and betting interest, began March 15
5. tara rose mcavoy - the 18-year-old, who was named Miss Deaf Texas last June, was struck and killed by a train in Austin on March 12
6. spencer tunick - art photographer staged his latest all-nude group photograph in Caracas, Venezuela, with 1,500 participants on March 19
7. natalie portman - actress plays the female lead "V" in the "Vendetta" action flick which opened March 17
8. oblivion - to the relief of videogamers, Bethesda Softworks' newest role-playing title, "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" was released March 21
9. terrell owens - current football bad boy, suspended last season by the Philadelphia Eagles, signed a 3-year, $25 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys on March 18
10. ides of march - March 15 (mid-month, or "ides") is the day the Roman leader Julius Caesar was killed - an event immortalized in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" by the line, "beware the ides of March"
11. scientology - the 50-year-old religious movement known for attracting celebrities was in the news March 13 when Isaac Hayes, voice of the Chef character on bad-attitude cartoon spoof "South Park," quit the show, claiming "inappropriate ridicule" of religion - namely, Scientology
12. she's the man - new mistaken-identity comedy starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum opened March 17
13. march madness - the colloquial name (another one is the "Big Dance") of the 20-day NCAA basketball championship that showcases the best of 65 college teams; it began March 15
14. will ferrell - comedian was the subject of a fake March 14 press release that he died in a paragliding accident (he did not)
15. shannon elizabeth - "American Pie" actress was sued for half of her assets in March 15 divorce filing by estranged husband Joseph Reitman

Source: Google

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