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It’s that time of year again: Google releases what querries hit its search engines hardest. Here were the most popular search terms in 2009:

Google.com—Fastest Rising: twitter

Google.com—Fastest Falling: john mccain

Google News—Fastest Rising: swine flu

Google Image Search—Fastest Rising: lady gaga

Google Maps—Fastest Rising: mount everest

Google Mobile Search—Fastest Rising: twitter

In the full report, Google lists 10 of the most popular search terms for each category and adds much more thorough analysis—extremely informative data for anyone who is invested in content and/or the news cycle (which is a heck of a lot of us) .

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