Top Search Terms, Trends, Queries on Google, Yahoo, Ask

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Have you wondered what the top search queries and most searched terms on search engines like Google, Yahoo and Ask are? As a tradition every year end, these search engines have released the year end lists giving an insight into the top search queries of 2007.

Popular Google search trends

Google has released the 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist (external site). They sifted through billions of search queries to discover what things rose to the top. They divided them into fastest rising and falling trends. Here they are

Fastest Rising (global)
1. iphone
2. badoo
3. facebook
4. dailymotion
5. webkinz
6. youtube
7. ebuddy
8. second life
9. hi5
10. club penguin

Top Yahoo! search terms

Yahoo! has released the top search trends in 2007. They have categorized search trends into various interesting categories.

Top 10 on del.icio.us
1. Design
2. HDTV
3. Games
4. Music
5. Web 2.0

Top 10 in tech
1. YouTube
2. Wikipedia
3. Facebook
4. iTunes
5. iPod

Top 10 on Yahoo! Kids
1. Games
2. Animals
3. Dinosaurus
4. Math
5. Hannah Montana

Ask.com most popular search terms

Ask.com also revealed the top 10 list of 2007’s most popular search terms (external site). They have some different categories like Top Presidential Candidate Searches, Top Television Show Searches of 2007 etc..

Top Real Deal Searches of 2007
1. MySpace
2. Dictionary
3. Google
4. Themes
5. Area Codes

Top Celebrity Searches of Pregnant Stars in 2007
1. Jennifer Lopez
2. Salma Hayek
3. Christina Aguilera
4. Julia Roberts
5. Halle Berry
6. Nancy Grace
7. Nicole Richie
8. Milla Jovovich
9. Tori Spelling
10. Bridget Moynahan

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2 Comments

  1. Was wondering how one can best use such info positively to boost the purchase of killer keywords, meaning buying and using such high ranking keywords to market non-related site will bring a negative effect.

  2. It is surprising to find so much variation among different search engine users. Google users seems to be advanced lot than yahoo ones.