Elation over the country's silver medal performance in the Beijing Olympics was reflected in Singapore Olympics and Singapore Table Tennis making it as the top two local news items searched using Google.
At Yahoo, searches for Ms Lo Hwei Yen, who died in the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, topped the list, followed by escaped detainee Mas Selamat Kastari.
Worldwide, US vice-presidential wannabe Sarah Palin and Beijing 2008 were the top two items in Google's annual Zeitgeist, which offers a view of what surfers hunt for online.
Singer Britney Spears and World Wrestling Entertainment were the two most-searched-for items on Yahoo's list.
At Rednano, a search and directory engine run by Singapore Press Holdings, the top two global search items were Facebook and Yahoo.
Singaporeans' diverse interests showed in the different items they searched for among the three search engines.
At Rednano, foodies' searches for Changi Village and Chomp Chomp food centre in Serangoon placed these as Singapore's top two hawker sites.
Google had Maxwell Hawker Centre heading its list. In second place was Newton Hawker Centre.
Actress Fiona Xie piques the interest of many people, going by the searches for local celebrities.
At Rednano, she and fellow actress Fann Wong took the top two spots. At Yahoo, Xie was in the No. 2 spot, behind blogger Dawn Yang.
Want to know which brands were most often searched for? From Google's Zeitgest 2008:
Source: Straits Times - December 14, 2008 Sunday
