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08
December 2006
Britney
Spears Still Top Of
Yahoo
Search
Britney
Spears
may not have released a
record for some time but
she was the most
searched for term of
2006 using
Yahoo's
search
engine.
More
online searches were
done about Britney
Spears than any other
topic or person, the US
net giant
revealed.
The
star, who recently
announced her split from
husband Kevin Federline,
has topped the search
hit-list five times out
of the last six
years.
"Why
she keeps ranking top is
beyond me," said Cathi
Early of Yahoo. "I don't
think people are just
sitting in front of
their computers looking
for Britney."
Female
celebrities
dominated the top 10
overall search list,
with Shakira at number
three, Jessica Simpson
at number four and
Paris
Hilton
at number
five.
Wrestling
TV network WWE was the
second most searched for
item of 2006.
The
top news story search of
2006 was the death of
Australian crocodile
hunter Steve Irwin,
followed by the death of
the son of former
Playboy model Anna
Nicole Smith.
"It
was human interest
stories that really
captured people's
attention," said Ms
Early.
For
the first time searches
for blogs and blog
entries were
included.
Perhaps
unsurprisingly celebrity
gossip blogs Perez
Hilton, followed by The
Superficial, topped the
search list.
Political
blog The Huffington Post
was the fourth
most-searched for blog
of 2006.
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