Hottest search topics of the decade
2005: James Blunt
Singer songwriter James Blunt became famous in 2005 after releasing his debut album Back to Bedlam and the single You’re Beautiful.
According to Google’s Zeitgeist annual list of most searched for terms, the hottest topic of searches this year was Stephen Gately.
This compares to topics such as Nostradamus, Spiderman and iPhone which have all topped the list this decade.
Computer Weekly looks back at the topics that grabbed web users’ attention so far this millennium.