Yahoo receives almost 20% of search made online. Google tops the list with almost 70%. Others like MSN (Live) and other small search engines share the rest 10%.
Yahoo has recently released the top 10 searched keywords in the Year 2008 for every category.
Here is the list:
By the Numbers – Top 10 Overall Searches
1. Britney Spears
2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. RuneScape
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol
Market Meltdowns – Top 10 Economic Searches
1. IRS Stimulus Checks
2. Oil Prices
3. Gold Prices
4. Gas Prices
5. Dow Jones
6. Sallie Mae
7. Stock Market
8. AIG
9. Foreclosures
10. Debt Consolidation
Politics As Unusual – Top 10 Politician Searches
1. Barack Obama
2. Sarah Palin
3. John McCain
4. Hillary Clinton
5. George Bush
6. Ron Paul
7. John Edwards
8. Mike Huckabee
9. Arnold Schwarzenegger
10. Mitt Romney
News Stories – Top 10 News Stories
1. Hurricanes
2. Caylee and Casey Anthony
3. Election 2008
4. Pakistan
5. Pregnant Man
6. China
7. Iraq
8. Shelley Malil
9. Patrick Swayze
10. Afghanistan
Counting Olympic Gold – Top 10 Olympian Searches
1. Michael Phelps
2. Leryn Franco
3. Serena Williams
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Shawn Johnson
6. Jennie Finch
7. Misty May Treanor
8. Ronaldinho
9. Alicia Sacramone
10. Nastia Liukin
New Brat Pack – Top 10 Rising Celebrity Searches
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Vanessa Anne Hudgens
3. Chris Brown
4. Jonas Brothers
5. Rihanna
6. Taylor Swift
7. Jamie Lynn Spears
8. Hayden Panettiere
9. Zac Efron
10. Selena Gomez
Breaking The Glass Ceiling – Top 10 Searched Influential Women
1. Angelina Jolie
2. Sarah Palin
3. Oprah
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Gina Carano
6. Tina Fey
7. Michelle Obama
8. Katie Couric
9. Barbara Walters
10. Dara Torres
Final Farewells – Top 10 Send-Offs
1. Heath Ledger
2. Bernie Mac
3. Paul Newman
4. Randy Pausch
5. George Carlin
6. Estelle Getty
7. Tim Russert
8. Brad Renfro
9. Isaac Hayes
10. Boyd Coddington
Source: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=351087
More Info: http://buzz.yahoo.com/yearinreview2008/
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
Hi there,
I looked over your blog and it looks really good. Do you ever do link exchanges on your blog roll? If you do, I’d like to exchange links with you.
Let me know if you’re interested.
Thanks..
Hi Jamie,
Thanks!
Frankly “link exchanges” are now of not much importance, especially if its done mainly for SEO.
I would rather spend time writing for my blog than do link exchanges.
In fact I have written a post on this topic:
http://www.dilipshaw.com/search-engine-optimization/is-reciprocal-link-exchange-important/
That said, if you have written anything interesting in your blog that may benefit my visitors, I will link your blog anyway!
Again, I am glad that you liked my blog!