Cyber Monday's Hot Search Trends

As can be expected, "cyber monday online deals", "cyber monday discounts" and "cyber monday bargains" topped the list of yesterday's Google Hot Trends.

Building on Black Friday popularity, "best buy cyber monday 2009 deals" indicated consumers continued to shop for electronics. The most sought after toys yesterday were "zhu zhu pets" and "american girl". Given their prevalence over Black Friday and Cyber Monday, keep an eye on toys and consumer electronics as the rest of the holiday shopping season unfolds.

A useful resource for spotting and tracking hot gift trends is Google Hot Trends. Google Hot Trends is a fun and free resource that enables you to track the fastest rising searches each day, as they are happening. You see immediately when there's late breaking news, or in this case, which gifts were the hottest for Cyber Monday.

Although the kickoff weekend of the official holiday shopping season is behind us, there is plenty of shopping left to be done. Last minute shopping, Free Shipping Day and the Christmas shipping cutoff are in front of us. You can use Google Hot Trends to stay ahead and keep your fingers on the pulse of what people are searching for.

Posted by Sara Kleinberg, the Google Retail Team