Afternoon Geekery: Google Zeitgeist Says Seattle is into Soccer and Gambling

This list of Google searches specific to various cities has some interesting stuff about the Pacific Northwest. The top ten search terms in Seattle:

1. sounders fc 2. bellevue college 3. seahawks 2009 schedule 4. snoqualmie casino 5. west seattle blog 6. uw libraries 7. myuw.com 8. wa unemployment 9. becu.com 10. snohomish county jail

According to those search results, Seattle's a city of young, sports-loving people who are into gambling. Unemployment-related searches made the top ten of most cities, no surprises in #8. Check out the rest of the list. Portland has a transit search term at the number one slot. Jealous? We are.

(Oh, and congratulations to West Seattle Blog for making the top 5 searches in the city!)