--- title: Why is nanotechnology popular now date: "2006-04-15T12:00:00Z" categories: - links wp_id: 359 description: I explore why nanotechnology became a top Google search query in India in early 2006, comparing its technical popularity to global trends and considering the influence of local science writers and media coverage. keywords: [nanotechnology, google zeitgeist, india, search trends, internet culture, data analysis] --- Why is **nanotechnology** in the [top Google queries from India](http://www.google.co.uk/press/zeitgeist.html)? [![Google Zeitgeist India Feb 2006 popular queries](/blog/assets/flickr-google-zeitgeist-india-feb-2006-popular-queries_128790290_o-gif.webp)](/blog/assets/flickr-google-zeitgeist-india-feb-2006-popular-queries_128790290_o-gif.webp) --- ## Comments - **ravi** _15 Apr 2006 10:48 am_: from all countries in the list indians are the only one with something technical in their queries. hurrah for that - **Prabhu** _17 Apr 2006 6:03 am_: Could be due to the fact that Sujatha is writing an article about it in a tamil weekly - **S Anand** _17 Apr 2006 7:37 am_: If so, Tamil Nadu would have to be a big chunk of India's Google searches. Given the absense of other Tamil queries, I doubt this was the only factor... but it sure must have contributed! - **Gautam** _26 Apr 2006 6:05 pm_: funny how sania mirza ranks over aishwarya, though !