Yahoo Search top Searches for 2008

Yahoo Search released a far more detailed listing of search buzz or Search top keywords for Yahoo in 2008. Obviously the results have some things common with Google Search but the flavor of the results is very different.

Top Searches on Yahoo Search in 2008:

1. Britney Spears
2. WWE
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. RuneScape
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol

Obama is for obvious reasons but Britney Spears is a surprise for some of us. Angelina Jolie continues to make it into the Top 10 Search Keywords.

Its strange but weather related search keywords found their way into the TOP 10 list of News Keywords in Yahoo search:

1. Hurricanes
2. Caylee and Casey Anthony
3. Election 2008
4. Pakistan
5. Pregnant Man
6. China
7. Iraq
8. Shelley Malil
9. Patrick Swayze
10. Afganistan

Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan seem to be on the news searchers mind. And so it the 'pregnant' man.

The top politicians who made it to the Top 10 Politician Names Searched are:

1. Barack Obama
2. Sarah Palin
3. John McCain
4. Hillary Clinton
5. George Bush
6. Ron Paul
7. John Edwards
8. Mike Huckabee
9. Arnold Schwarzenegger
10. Mitt Romney

And according to Yahoo search the Most Influential Women of 2008 as per search results are:

1. Angelina Jolie
2. Sarah Palin
3. Oprah Winfrey
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Gina Carano
6. Tina Fey
7. Michelle Obama
8. Katie Couric
9. Barbara Walters
10. Dara Torres

Lastly, the economic buzz words for 2008 are:

1. IRS Stimulus Checks
2. Oil Prices
3. Gold Prices
4. Gas Prices
5. Dow Jones
6. Sallie Mae
7. Stock Market
8. AIG
9. Foreclosures
10. Debt Consolidaton

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For top keywords searched on Google in 2008: Click here