socialmedian: Yahoo’s Top Searches For 2008 Are . . . The Same As They Were For 2007

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Yahoo’s Top Searches For 2008 Are . . . The Same As They Were For 2007

Source: TechCrunch

Dec 01, 2008

Summary

What is fascination with Britney Spears? Maybe it’s a train-wreck kind of thing. Once again she tops Yahoo’s list of overall searches for 2008, just like she did last year.

In fact, the entire list hardly changed at all. The term “WWE” was once again No. 2. All in all, six out of the top ten search terms remained the same. The only new entrants were “Barack Obama,” “Miley Cyrus,” “Angelina Jolie,” and “American Idol.” This list doesn’t really tell you much other than that people are obsessed with celebrities. I’ve bolded the repeats below:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/yahoo-top-searches-2007-please-people-stop-typing-britney-spears-into-search-boxes/

And for comparison, here is last year’s list: