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Top 10 Google searches in Atlanta for 2013

By Christopher Quinn
Dec 17, 2013

Google counted top trending searches in Georgia in its annual Zeitgeist, showing us what we wanted to read about online. Zagat, the online and print restaurant review and rating site, was bought by Google in 2011, and the company also counted top 10 restaurant searches in Atlanta for 2013.

Here’s the mix of serious news and gossip that Atlantans wanted to know more about:

Top 10 trending terms in Atlanta

1. Paul Walker

2. Government Shutdown

3. Mindy McCready

4. iPhone 5s

5. Adrian Peterson

6. Cory Monteith

7. Harlem Shake

8. Trayvon Martin

9. Royal Baby

10. Katherine Webb

Top 10 restaurant searches on Zagat

1. Bone’s

2. Bacchanalia

3. Capital Grill

4. Houston’s

5. Ocean Prime

6. Rathbun’s

7. Prime

8. Atlanta Grill

9. Vortex Bar & Grill

10. Sundial

About the Author

Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.

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