Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's currently a contributor to NPR's "All Tech Considered" segment, which airs Mondays on "All Things Considered." He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project, and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar L. Gallaga
| Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:47 AM
Google today said it has launched its Zeitgeist site for 2011, revealing what some of the top searches were globally and by country.
Not surprisingly, searches like “Japan,” “Rebecca Black,” “Steve Jobs” and “Casey Anthony” ranked highly. More surprising: surges of searches for “Google +” (are you sure people weren’t just trying to do math?) and “Battlefield 3,” a video game that didn’t even draw as many players as “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.”
For Austin, Google let us know in an email that the top local searches for 2011 were as follows:
- 1. alamo drafthouse
- 2. kvue
- 3. kxan
- 4. austin community college
- 5. schlitterbahn
We imagine the Drafthouse searches may have had a little something to do with a viral video that got a lot of exposure this year. But what about “Schlitterbahn?” Speaking as a New Braunfels resident, I can only guess that somehow word got out that it’s the most awesome place in the world.
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By Omar Gallaga
December 15, 2011 3:59 PM | Link to this
Still happening as far as I know: http://www.cedarparktx.us/cp/schlitterbahn-cedar-park.aspx
By Cynthia L.
December 15, 2011 3:02 PM | Link to this
Wasn't there supposed to eventually be a Schlitterbahn location opened here in town (well, in the Cedar Park area)?