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Google: Detroit Searches for News; Fenton Searches for Schools

Google stats show Fenton Hotel, Fenton House on rising searches of 2011 locally.

Google has become synonymous with "search" on the Web, but what exactly do people search for most?

Detroiters, it seems, are looking for news, reports Huffington Post Detroit, which took a look at the regional Detroit list released recently as part of the Google Zeitgeist Report for 2011. Six of the Top 10 search terms in the Detroit regional summary are for local news organizations, specifically the TV stations. "Fox 2 News" takes the top spot, with "Click On Detroit" in second followed closely by "Wdiv."

Here's Detroit's list for 2011:
1. Fox 2 News
2. Click On Detroit
3. Wdiv
4. Michigan Talent Bank
5. Wxyz
6. Henry Ford Hospital
7. Michigan Works
8. Channel 7 Detroit
9. Myfoxdetroit
10. Detroit Tigers

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Nationwide, people searched for pop culture – "Rebecca Black" was the No. 1 search – and Apple secured two spots in the Top 10 with "iPhone 5" and "Steve Jobs." Check out the complete list to learn more.

What about Fenton, according to Google stats?

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1. fenton mi
2. fenton michigan
3. lake fenton
4. fenton schools
5. fenton area
6. fenton area schools
7. fenton public schools
8. french laundry
9. french laundry fenton
10.

fenton high school

Here are the rising searches in 2011 for Fenton, according to the report:

1. weather fenton mi Breakout 2. fenton area schools +200 percent 3. fenton public schools +160 percent 4. fenton weather +160 percent 5. fenton area +150 percent 6. fenton walmart +140 percent 7. fenton schools +90 percent 8. fenton hotel +40 percent 9. fenton house +40 percent 10. fenton mi county +40 percent


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