Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products & User Experience at Google announced yesterday on the Today Show, the fastest rising search terms on Google in 2007.

Here they are:
1. iphone
2. webkinz
3. tmz
4. transformers
5. youtube
6. club penguin
7. myspace
8. heroes
9. facebook
10. anna nicole smith

Yahoo also released their “Top Trends in Search” list yesterday for 2007.

News Stories – top 10 news stories:
1. Saddam Hussein
2. Iran
3. Iraq
4. President George W. Bush
5. Oil and Gas prices
6. Barack Obama
7. Hillary Rodham Clinton
8. San Diego Fires
9. Afghanistan
10. Virginia Tech

Complete Yahoo list.