For those of you with time on your hands, try checking out www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012 to see what kind of information Americans and Mexicans were scouring the web for this year. Here’s a sampler of some top searches. Yes, there are cultural differences!
TOP PEOPLE US
1. Whitney Houston
2. Jeremy Lin
3. Amanda Todd
4. Michael Clark Duncan
5. Kate Middleton
TOP PEOPLE MEXICO
1. Julia Orayen *
2. Enrique Peña Nieto
3. Andres Manuel López Obrador
4. Josefina Vázquez Mota
5. Adele
(* model whose cleavage stole the show in first presidential debate)
TOP HOW TO ... US
1. How to love
2. How to rock
3. How to vote
4. How to install
5. How to hate
TOP HOW TO ... MEXICO
1. How to vote
2. How to meditate
3. How to learn Italian
4. How to make oil paintings
5. How to download Android
(translated from Spanish)