Google China's most popular queries 野风无限 教师节 天堂 (Lineage Lineage2)

China
Popular Queries (google) September 2004

1. 野风无限 (A student forum of Zhejiang Gardening Institute)
2. 教师节 (National Teacher's Day)
3. 天堂 (popular computer game Lineage Lineage2)
4. 大唐双龙传 (popular TV series)
5. 刘翔 (China's first male Olympic track and field gold medalist)
6. 国庆节 (National Day of China, October 1st)
7. 刀郎 (Name of a pop singer)
8. 中秋节 (Moon Festival, September 28th)
9. 中国式离婚 (new TV series)
10. 实习报告 (internship report)

source: Google Zeitgeist

The #3 position of 天堂 Lineage is a very positive sign for portal giant sina, as they expect to commence commercial operation of the online game in mid November. "In late August, SINA through its joint venture with NcSoft commenced the open beta test of Lineage 2 game. To date, Lineage 2 has been deployed in 12 regional telecom data centers to service game players throughout China. From October 1 through October 26, the daily average concurrent user count is roughly 120,000. Lineage 2 has entered into its final stage of open beta test and the Company expects to commence commercial operation in mid November. " source: yahoo.finance