The Eternal Questions
Is there a God? Is the world going to end in 2012? Is he the one? Is the iPhone coming to Verizon? Or maybe most importantly, is Michael Jackson dead?
Since Google has updated its home page to include search suggestions as you type, I’ve been curious about how people pray to the Google gods. To understand this, I simply started a search query with “is a” and recorded what came up, then went through each letter of the alphabet, to end up with 260 of the top questions that the Google Suggest feature provides. Yes there’s lots of other ways to ask questions, but this is how I did it for now.
In our connected society, a working knowledge of virtually any subject is a search phrase away. But, I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that there is a predominance of pop culture trivia around gender uncertainty, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, or even whether someone is alive or dead. There’s also undercurrents of guilt and confession, asking questions into the void that most people probably wouldn’t even ask their doctor. And of course a bunch of ridiculous and funny nonsense I would have never thought anyone would ask.
Perhaps looking at these eternal questions helps us answer: is Google making us stupid?
My top 10:
- Is Santa real?
- Is diarrhea a sign of pregnancy?
- Is not a valid win32 application
- Is Pluto a planet?
- Is there a way to see who views your Facebook?
- Is wrestling fake?
- Is hummus good for you?
- Is fish meat?
- Is blood blue?
- Is noon am or pm?
Check out the full list here:
- Is Adam Lambert straight?
- Is anybody there?
- Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
- Is a peanut a fruit?
- Is Adam Lambert jewish?
- Is Angelina Jolie pregnant again?
- Is anybody there movie
- Is Adam Lambert married?
- Is a DUI a felony?
- Is a sinus infection contagious?
B
- Is bronchitis contagious?
- Is Billy Mays dead?
- Is Beyonce pregnant?
- Is Bret Michaels still with Tanya?
- Is black a color?
- Is Bigfoot real?
- Is Bloody Mary real?
- Is Bam Margera stil married?
- Is blood blue?
- Is Birdman Lil Wayne’s dad?
C
- Is coffee bad for you?
- Is convertible?
- Is Ciara a man?
- Is corn a vegetable?
- Is coffee good for you?
- Is creatine safe?
- Is clinical?
- Is Channing Tatum bi?
- Is creatine bad for you?
- Is Chuck cancelled?
D
- Is diarrhea a sign of pregnancy?
- Is diet soda bad for you?
- Is Dolla dead?
- Is Drake from Degrassi?
- Is Daisy de la Hoya related to Oscar de la Hoya?
- Is Diet Coke bad for you?
- Is Daisy still with London?
- Is David Canary leaving All My Children?
- Is Demi Lovato?
- Is DUI a felony?
E
- Is Easy Google Profit a scam?
- Is England a country?
- Is eczema contagious?
- Is Elvis alive?
- Is Ephedra legal?
- Is Elizabeth Taylor dead?
- Is Erin Andrews married?
- Is Eminem dead?
- Is Emma Watson a virgin?
- Is Europe a country?
F
- Is Facebook safe?
- Is Farrah Fawcett dead?
- Is Facebook down?
- Is Frostwire legal?
- Is flirting cheating?
- Is Farrah Fawcett still alive?
- Is Farrah Fawcett dying?
- Is Frostwire illegal?
- Is fish meat?
G
- Is God real?
- Is global warming real?
- Is Google making us stupid?
- Is Gmail down?
- Is Gilmore Girls coming back?
- Is Google a number?
- Is glass a liquid?
- Is green tea good for you?
- Is Gatorade good for you?
- Is George Leaving Grey’s Anatomy?
H
- Is hookah bad for you?
- Is he the one?
- Is he cheating?
- Is he into me?
- Is hummus good for you?
- Is he the one quiz?
- Is honey good for you?
- Is he interested?
- Is he into you?
- Is House over?
I
- Is it low t
- Is it safe to travel to Mexico?
- Is it possible to be pregnant and still get your period?
- Is it better to eat before or after exercise?
- Is it possible to curve a bullet?
- Is it a boy or a girl?
- Is it you lyrics
- Is Lizzy leaving Grey’s Anatomy?
- Is it down?
- Is it true that the world is going to end in 2012
J
- Is Jennifer Hudson pregnant?
- Is Julie Chen pregnant?
- Is Jeff Goldblum dead?
- Is Janet Jackson pregnant?
- Is july 3 2009 a federal holiday?
- Is Jon and Kate getting a divorce?
- Is Jermaine Jackson still married to Hazel Gordy?
- Is Jessica Simpson pregnant?
- Is Jesus God?
- Is Jon cheating on Kate
K
- Is Kristen Stewart pregnant?
- Is Kevin Jonas engaged?
- Is Katherine Heigl leaving Grey’s Anatomy?
- Is Kris Allen married?
- Is Kendra Wilkinson pregnant?
- Is Kevin Jonas getting married?
- Is Kristen Stewart dating Robert Pattinson?
- Is Kendra pregnant?
- Is Kari Byron pregnant?
- Is Kings cancelled?
L
- Is Limewire illegal?
- Is Lauren London pregnant?
- Is Lady Gaga a man?
- Is Lauren London pregnant by Lil Wayne?
- Is Lil Wayne dead?
- Is Limewire safe?
- Is Lady Gaga bi?
- Is Love Alive lyrics
- Is Lady Gaga a transvestite?
- Is Lady Gaga a hermaphrodite?
M
- Is Michael Jackson dead?
- Is Miley Cyrus pregnant?
- Is Michelle Obama pregnant?
- Is Michael Jackson really dead?
- Is Michael Jackson really the biological father of his children?
- Is Megan Fox a man?
- Is Mia Michaels sick?
- Is Miley Cyrus a virgin?
- Is Michael Jackson muslim?
- Is Mariah Carey pregnant?
N
- Is Nivea pregnant by Lil Wayne
- Is not a valid win32 application
- Is noon am or pm?
- Is Neil Armstrong still alive?
- Is Nivea pregnant?
- Is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource
- Is Nicole Richie adopted?
- Is Naruto cancelled?
- Is Nicole Richie black?
- Is Nicotine bad for you?
O
- Is Obama the Antichrist?
- Is Operation Repo real?
- Is Obama a US citizen?
- Is One Tree Hill coming back for a 7th season?
- Is Operation Repo staged?
- Is Obama a muslim?
- Is oatmeal good for you?
- Is One Tree Hill over?
- Is Obama a socialist?
- Is olive oil good for you?
P
- Is pneumonia contagious?
- Is poison ivy contagious?
- Is Pluto a planet?
- Is peanut butter good for you?
- Is Puerto Rico part of the United States?
- Is Patrick Swayze dead?
- Is Paypal safe?
- Is popcorn healthy?
- Is peanut a fruit?
- Is poison oak contagious?
Q
- Is Queen Latifah married to a woman?
- Is Queen Latifah straight?
- Is quinoa gluten free?
- Is Quicken Online safe?
- Is Queen Latifah married?
- Is Queen Mary haunted?
- Is Quarantine based on a true story?
- Is quicksand real?
- Is Queen Latifah homosexual?
- Is Quaker oatmeal gluten free?
R
- Is Randy Jackson Michael Jackson’s brother?
- Is Randy Jackson related to Michael Jackson?
- Is Randy Jackson from American Idol Michael Jackson’s brother?
- Is Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart dating?
- Is ringworm contagious?
- Is Red Bull bad for you?
- Is Ray J still with Cocktail?
- Is Rihanna pregnant from Chris Brown?
- Is Robert Pattinson dating Kristen Stewart?
- Is Ray J and Cocktail still together?
S
- Is she really going out with him
- Is shingles contagious?
- Is Scrubs over?
- Is Santa real?
- Is sushi healthy?
- Is splenda bad for you?
- Is strep throat contagious?
- Is Skype free?
- Is Swoopo a scam?
- Is she really going out with him lyrics
T
- Is the world going to end in 2012?
- Is Tupac alive?
- Is This Love lyrics
- Is there a god?
- Is there anyway I can get this popular guy to get me pregnant?
- Is the iPhone coming to Verizon?
- Is tonsillitis contagious?
- Is there life after death?
- Is the game cancelled?
- Is there a way to see who views your Facebook?
U
- Is urine sterile?
- Is University of Phoenix accredited?
- Is Usher getting a divorce?
- Is unemployment taxable?
- Is utorrent safe?
- Is University of Phoenix a good school?
- Is Ultram a narcotic?
- Is Usher Haitian?
- Is UFC fake?
- Is US Fidelis a scam?
V
- Is Verizon getting the iPhone?
- Is Vin Diesel straight?
- Is Vitamin Water good for you?
- Is Vanessa Hudgens pregnant?
- Is vector marketing a scam?
- Is vinegar good for you?
- Is V8 good for you?
- Is vector a scam?
- Is venue Charlottesville?
- Is Vuze legal?
W
- Is Wendy Williams a man?
- Is watermelon good for you?
- Is weed bad for you?
- Is Washington DC a state?
- Is watermelon fattening?
- Is white a color?
- Is Walmart good for America?
- Is wrestling fake?
- Is Windows 7 better than Vista?
- Is watermelon healthy?
X
- Is XBox Live down?
- Is XBox Live down today?
- Is XBox Live still down?
- Is XBox Live free?
- Is Xanax addictive?
- Is Xenadrine safe?
- Is Xanax a narcotic?
- Is XBox Live down right now?
- Is XBox 360 better than PS3?
- Is Xylitol safe?
Y
- Is yogurt good for you?
- Is you or is you aint my baby
- Is youtube down?
- Is your mama a llama?
- Is y a vowel?
- Is yawning contagious?
- Is you rollin lyrics
- Is yogurt healthy
- Is yahoo down?
- Is yogurt good for dogs?
Z
- Is Zango safe?
- Is Ziva leaving NCIS?
- Is Zachary Quinto straight?
- Is zero an integer?
- Is Zach Braff leaving scrubs?
- Is zero a number?
- Is zillow accurate?
- Is Zac Efron jewish?
- Is Zac Efron a virgin?
- Is Zachary Quinto single?


