Top Google Searches of 2006

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    Originally Posted By alexbook

    The most searched-for terms in 2006, according to Google:
    1. bebo
    2. myspace
    3. world cup
    4. metacafe
    5. radioblog
    6. wikipedia
    7. video
    8. rebelde
    9. mininova
    10. wiki

    The most popular searches in Google News:
    1. paris hilton
    2. orlando bloom
    3. cancer
    4. podcasting
    5. hurricane katrina
    6. bankruptcy
    7. martina hingis
    8. autism
    9. 2006 nfl draft
    10. celebrity big brother 2006

    There are various other lists and graphs here:
    <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2006.html" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/intl/en/
    press/zeitgeist2006.html</a>

    I liked this one--top web searches containing the words "how to":
    1. how to refinance
    2. wiki how to
    3. how to drift
    4. how to podcast
    5. how to scream
    6. how to levitate
    7. how to tattoo
    8. how to blog
    9. how to kickflip
    10. how to draw
     
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    Originally Posted By DAR

    1. bebo
    2. myspace
    3. world cup
    4. metacafe
    5. radioblog
    6. wikipedia
    7. video
    8. rebelde
    9. mininova
    10. wiki

    Never heard of 1 8 and 9.
     
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    Originally Posted By alexbook

    ^--You did better than I did. I had to go look up half of these, which means I added to the number of searches they got--hey, wait a minute!
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    >>6. how to levitate<<

    I must ask myself that 10 times a day.
     
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    Originally Posted By Lisann22

    Really, I thought it was "how to draw?"
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    Hmmmm.... I'm now Googling: How to respond to an unprovoked attack....
     
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    Originally Posted By melekalikimaka

    I bet my neighbors wish I hadn't googled "how to scream". Things were so quiet before then.
     
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    Originally Posted By wonderingalice

    Can't believe that "porn," "hooters," or "biguns" didn't make the list.
     
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    Originally Posted By melekalikimaka

    biguns? LOL
     
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    Originally Posted By wonderingalice

    Al Bundy, the big, dumb perv... He's a terrible influence. ;-)
     
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    Originally Posted By avromark

    ^^^ And wonderingalice also calls her Mustang a Cougar in the vein that Al's Dodge is really a Plymouth.
     
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    Originally Posted By wonderingalice

    What?? Blasphemer! *LOL*
     
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    Originally Posted By irishfan

    Well I can honestly say I have not searched any of those topics on google.
     
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    Originally Posted By Liberty Belle

    Me neither, and I also have no idea what a bebo is.
     
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    Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy

    Me either, and I'm American! lol
     
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    Originally Posted By irishfan

    Ok, I feel cheap and dirty, but I've just googled bebo....I'm still confused!
     
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    Originally Posted By JeffG

    I don't really buy those lists. I strongly suspect that Google edited out the "adult" terms...

    -Jeff
     
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    Originally Posted By onlyme

    The most popular searches in Google News:

    #1 Paris Hilton??? News???
    I just don't understand the fascination with this person.
     
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