Google unveils top 10 searches of 2011

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Google created this video that it said provides an “overview of the search terms that captivated the world this year.”

The late co-founder of Apple and a mobile phone that never materialized found their way onto the list of the 10 most popular searches at Google in 2011.

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Top 10 million dollar mistakes

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Mistakes are often looked down on as a bad move or the next step to failure, but mistakes can be good. Mistakes are part of the recipe for success.  Ryan Blair started six Multi Million Dollar companies all before the age of 30.  He is a world renowned serial entrepreneur admits to his fair share of million dollar mistakes, as well as some billion dollar successes. Ryan Blair sums up pretty nicely in his current bestseller Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain what his Top 10 Million Dollar Mistakes have been on the way to the top.

 

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Top 10 food trends for 2012

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“Artisanal” foods are springing up everywhere.

If you are in the restaurant, foodservice or food manufacturing business you know that no matter how tough the economy is, people still need to eat. In the past few years foodservice entrepreneurs have shown a lot of creativity.  You could almost say the recession has sparked a renaissance of restaurant industry creativity. Beyond food trucks, burgers and beer, here are some of the hot food trends for 2012.

 

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Top 10 biggest landowners in the U.S.

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No. 1: John Malone
2.2 million acres in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Maine and New Hampshire.

With its up-and-down fortunes and constant threat of being outflanked by the next iPad-delivered Internet service the media business can be very nerve-wracking. Maybe that’s why Liberty Media’s John Malone pours so much of his extra cash into land.

 

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Top 10 best small towns in America 2011

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Louisville, Colorado, home of the DaVinci Institute, has been
ranked No. 1 as the best small city in America.

In the minds of most people the phrase “small town” conjures up images of happier times.When the economy wasn’t in the current state it is now. When unemployment wasn’t above 9%. When people didn’t stress out about home values. When school budgets weren’t under siege. Those were the days, right?

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Top 10 high paying jobs that only require a high school degree

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Smaller companies will hire a pilot without a college degree if they have enough logged flight time and aircraft knowledge.

Going to college used to be a nearly sure way of getting a steady job.  A sure way of getting a steady job was getting a college degree.  But many recent college graduates will tell you this is no longer the case.

 

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Top 10 most powerful photos in the world

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Agim Shala, a two-year-old boy, is passed through a fence made with barbed wire to his family.

It is often said a picture is worth a thousand words.  But there only a few rare photos that tell more than a thousand words. Those pictures tell a powerful story, a story poignant enough to change the world and galvanize each of us. Over and over again…

 

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Top 10 ticketed cars in America

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Does what we drive affect how we drive?

Quality Planning , an analytics company that works with auto insurers asked the question: Does what we drive affect how we drive?  They ranked vehicles most likely to get a ticket based on the number of moving violations issued for each 100,000 miles driven.  There are a few predictable entries in the top 10 list but the list is not totally comprised of  flashy red sports cars.

 
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Top 10 brands that will disappear in 2012

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Sears is one of the brands expected to disappear within the next 18 months.

A new list of brands that will disappear in 2012 has been created by 24/7 Wall St.  The list includes Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, MySpace, and Kellog’s Corn Pops.

 

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