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Feb 05, 2013

Virginia is for Lovers, Maryland is for Crabs and D.C. is…

Type “Virginia is” in a search engine, and the top auto-complete result will be “for lovers.” Try Maryland, and you’ll get “for crabs.” How about D.C.?

Dec 14, 2010

It’s Getting Zeitgeist-y In Here

Google recently released its 2010 Zeitgeist, the dissertation of the search terms people were Googling most over the course of the year. While it’s fascinating that Chatroulette, the iPad and Justin Bieber made the national top ten list while other, more substantive topics did not, here at DCist, we’re a little bit more intrigued about what people around Washington were searching for.

 
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