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 |
