Search Terms for Q1 2006
Enid Burns | April 6, 2006
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The first quarter of 2006 was influenced by the Winter Olympics, the Oscars and world events. Internet users went to the Web to look up information on those topics and more. Following, the top searches on Google 's Zeitgeist ; AOL ; Yahoo Search ; Ask.com ; and Lycos Top 50 .
Top Yahoo Searches, April 4, 2006 Leaders Movers Rank Subject (Days on Chart) Move Score Rank Subject One-Move (%) 1 Shakira (1) -50 160 1 Local Time Breakout! 2 WWE (1) +33 138 2 Tim Hortons 1,006 3 Daylight Savings Time (1) -2 121 3 Miss America 944 4 Chris Brown (1) +2 116 4 Linda Evans 807 5 Internal Revenue Service (1) +3 100 5 Brigitte Bardot 738 6 NeoPets (1) -12 85 6 What Time Is It 679 7 RuneScape (1) -11 79 7 Nathan Fillion 644 8 Fall Out Boy (1) +2 78 8 Jackie Mclean 560 9 Panic! At The Disco (1) +2 74 9 Super Nanny 483 10 NASCAR (1) +22 74 10 Katherine Harris 460 11 Beyonce Knowles (1) +29 74 11 Natalie Gulbis 433 12 Pussycat Dolls (1) +2 72 12 Patrick Dempsey 429 13 Pamela Anderson (1) +2 71 13 Smoking Gun 353 14 Pink (1) +15 67 14 Overhaulin 353 15 NBA (1) +1 65 15 Atomic Clock 339 16 American Idol (1) -20 64 16 Mapletip 329 17 Hips Don't Lie (1) +6 64 17 John Leguizamo 320 18 Madonna (1) +29 62 18 West Wing 309 19 Paris Hilton (1) -6 60 19 Ellen Pompeo 309 20 Rihanna (1) +3 57 20 Wrestlemania 302 Source: Yahoo Inc., 2006
Most Popular Google Searches, February 2006 Top Google Winter Olympics Searches 1 Olympics 2 Torino games 3 Sasha Cohen 4 Shaun White 5 Michelle Kwan Top Google News Source Searches 1 Reuters 2 Bloomberg 3 BBC news 4 SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) 5 New York Times Top Google Video Game Searches 1 XBox 360 2 Nintendo 3 PS 3 4 PSP 5 Nintendo Revolution Top Google Image Symbols Searches 1 Heart 2 Dragon 3 Valentine 4 Angel 5 Kiss Source: Google, 2006
Top AOL Searches, Week of March 5, 2006 Entertainment and Celebs Movies 1 Chris Penn 1 Lonesome Dove 2 Reese Witherspoon 2 Joe Dirt 3 Crash 3 Crash 4 Dolly Parton 4 40 Days and 40 Nights 5 Matt Dillon 5 Crash movie 6 Salma Hayek 6 Hustle and Flow 7 Oscars 7 Cruel Intentions 8 Jennifer Garner 8 Million Dollar Baby 9 Joaquin Phoenix 9 Along Came Polly 10 Academy Awards 10 High Fidelity Research and Learn Television 1 Truman Capote 1 Yes Dear tv show 2 The Constant Gardener 2 Big Brother 5 3 Fairmont State University 3 King of the Jungle 4 Salisbury University 4 Law & Order: Special... 5 Hermit crab 5 Lonesome Dove 6 Webster university 6 !Mucha Lucha! 7 Bradley University 7 West Wing tv show 8 Paradise Lost 8 Grays Anatomy 9 Samuel de Champlain 9 Pixel Perfect 10 mouse 10 E! Entertainment... Source: America Online, Inc., 2006
Ask.com Searches, Week Ending March 24, 2006 Top Searches 1 MySpace 2 Online Dictionary 3 Music Lyrics 4 Games 5 Prom Dresses 6 American Idol 7 Poems 8 Baidu 9 Pictures 10 Jokes Top Advancing Searches 1 Baidu 2 NCAA Tournament 3 Tom Cruise 4 Debra Lafave 5 South Park 6 Prince 7 Scientology 8 Pet names 9 IRS forms 10 Barry Manilow 11 Zac Efron Source: Ask.com, 2006
Top Lycos Searches, week ending March 25, 2006 Rank Search Term Last Week Weeks on Chart 1 Poker No Limit #2 102 2 Pam Anderson Walk of Fame #4 340 3 Paris Hilton Hunk Hunt #7 121 4 Britney Spears 50s Haircut #5 340 5 NFL Draft Dreams #10 52 6 Easter Egg Hunt #12 4 7 Taxes Rebate Wishes #9 37 8 Pokemon Revolution #11 66 9 Dragonball Cartoon Block #8 340 10 Neopets Wand of Wishing #6 54 11 Prom Hairstyles Retro 80's #28 2 12 March Madness New Media #3 4 13 WWE J.R. Returns nc #13 340 14 Jessica Simpson Nick Kisses #16 50 15 Zac Efron Tweens in Love nc #15 10 16 Jennifer Lopez Dallas #14 63 17 KaZaA Courtroom Battle nc #17 224 18 Anna Kournikova Tennis Beauty #20 19 19 Harry Potter DVD Release #18 295 20 The IRS Pay Up #19 13 21 Limewire File Theft nc #21 26 22 Prom Dresses Ghetto Chic #34 2 23 Diets Bikini Time #27 13 24 Shakira Hips Don't Die #33 2 25 St. Patrick's Day Green Beer #1 6 Source: Lycos Inc., 2006