"What is spooning?"... "What is Zumba?"... and "What is thrush?"... Just some of the questions Lord Google has been asked by us Irish in the last year. We also need to learn how to flirt, study, and search for a rake load of hot women. In short, Google is God to Irish teenagers at large. Funny that.

Here are the top Google searches in Ireland in 2011:

'Fastest-Rising' Searches

1) Donedeal

2) iPhone 5 (which doesn't even exist)

3) Rugby world cup

4) Saorview

5) Pippa Middleton

6) Tayto park

7) Imogen Thomas

8) Galway Races 2011

9) Jessie J

10) Steve Jobs

'Fastest-Rising' People

1) Pippa Middleton

2) Imogen Thomas

3) Jessie J

4) Steve Jobs

5) Kate Middleton

6) Casey Anthony

7) Mila Kunis

8) Michaela Harte

9) Kelly Rowland

10) Georgia Salpa

Top Entertainment

1) Sickipedia jokes

2) Newstalk listen live

3) Ryan Dunn

4) Xfactor 2011

5) Google Guitar

6) Big Brother 2011

7) Jedward Eurovision

8) Batman Arkham City

9) Amy Winehouse

10) Movie Star Planet

Top Celebrities: No Justin Bieber this year. So that's somethng.

1) Kim Kardashian

2) Scarlett Johansson

3) David Beckham

4) Jennifer Aniston

5) Britney Spears

6) Emma Watson

7) Victoria Beckham

8) Megan Fox

9) Khloe Kardashian

10) Lindsay Lohan

'How To' Searches - some of life's most profound questions.

1) How to Shuffle

2) How to study

3) How to reference

4) How to pronounce

5) How to draw

6) How to flirt

7) How to make

8) How to hack

9) How to crotchet

10) How to meditate

'What Is' Searches

1) What is pottermore

2) What is spooning

3) What is reiki

4) What is ICT

5) What is bipolar

6) What is dubstep

7) What is thrush

8) What is paypal

9) What is zumba

10) What is mono

Top Shopping Searches

1) Ebay

2) iPad

3) Amazon

4) Donedeal

5) Argos

6) Digital camera

7) iPod

8) Laptop

9) iPhone 4

10) HP Touchpad

Sports

1) GAA Fixtures 2011

2) RWC 2011

3) PGA Leaderboard

4) Irish Open 2011

5) WWE 12

6) 6 Nations 2011

7) Wimbeldon 2011

8) Copa America 2011

9) USPGA Leaderboard

10) Rory Mcilroy twitter

Travel Destinations - AKA "What Recession?"

1) Orlando

2) Disney

3) Caribbean Islands

4) Cancun

5) Barbados

6) Maldives

7) Las Vegas

8) Croatia

9) Manhattan

10) Cayman Islands

