most googled terms of 2014

Get the ten most-Googled terms of 2014 - with a twist...

A look at hottest searches provides a fantastic measure of the year's most important happenings. And as a bonus to the regular list format, we've paired each term with a link to one of our favorite 2014 Web articles on that topic. Check them out for a quick refresher, a moving read, or exceptional visual content.

Out of the roughly 140 billion Google searches that took place in 2014 (and massive amount of Web content you can find on each), here are the ten most-Googled terms with our corresponding story "faves"...