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What are you going to be for Halloween?
October 31, 2008
In 2006 it was a pirate. Halloween party-goers donned eye patches,
tricornes
, and the
Jolly Roger
, inspired by favorite seafarer
Captain Jack Sparrow
. And last year the search was on for a lot of blond wigs and microphones à la teen pop idol
Hannah Montana
.
Halloween being one of our favorite holidays, we couldn't wait to see what the hot getups of 2008 would be. Using
Insight for Search
we tracked the fastest
rising searches
related to Halloween costumes for this year's ghoulish festivities.
Here are some of the "costume"-related queries (in the U.S.) that have seen the most growth for 2008 — don't be surprised when you run into some of these outfits roaming the streets on All Hallows' Eve.
If you're like me, you found your inspiration in the past 24 hours. However, it looks like others are more serious — according to this
Google Trends
graph, searches for costumes have been increasing since July.
Around Google, we've been planning our outfits for months as well. Not even rain could stop us from showing off our fiendish finery at this year's Googleween in Mountain View. And have a scary-happy Googleween yourself!
Posted by Jordan Newman, Google Blog Team
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