Education, discounts and a controversial political figure were among Google’s list of the fastest- rising Denver-related searches in 2010. The Bolder Boulder footrace topped Google’s Denver Zeitgeist list, followed by “UCDenver.”
“Four of the 10 of Denver have some kind of connection to education, and that’s kind of a theme we saw across a lot of different cities,” said Kevin Willer, head of industry for Google.
The search company released Top 10 lists for 15 cities in the U.S. in addition to the annual national rankings. The lists don’t represent the most- searched terms, just the terms that saw the biggest jumps in queries compared with a year earlier.
The only person to crack the Top 10 list in Denver was Ken Buck, the Colorado Republican Senate nominee who lost to Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. Buck made a couple of controversial remarks during his campaign, which included comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.
Technology dominated the national list, with “iPad” ranking as the fastest-rising search term. Andy Vuong, The Denver Post
Top 10
The fastest- rising Denver search terms in 2010:
Bolder Boulder 2010
•UCDenver
•RTD bus schedule
•Ken Buck
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•Jeffco employee connections
•Unemployment Colorado
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•Boulder fire
•Denver Restaurant Week
