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Yahoo Proves Barack Obama Still Less Popular Than Britney Spears
Profy — Today is the day when Yahoo releases its 2008 Year in Review describing what search terms were most popular among Yahoo users in the year that is coming to its end. To me the results are not surprising at all and the only thing that is both unexpected and disappointing is that Britney Spears has managed to keep the absolute search leadership to herself while Barack Obama only managed to climb to the third position - even despite his recent overwhelming victory in the presidential race. But I guess it is quite difficult to compete with Britney Spears who has been ...

Britney Spears is Still the #1 Name in Search
Mashable! — ... In the announcement, Yahoo tries to explain: “In 2008, she made a comeback with a new album, three MTV Music Awards, a sitcom guest star role and documentary on her rise, fall and career comeback.” True, Britney actually had a #1 song this year – her first in a decade. But, Yahoo’s rankings are much more a testament to our collective fascination with pop culture, as other terms in the top 10 include World Wresting Entertainment, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie, and American Idol. President-Elect Barack Obama was only the third ...

Top Mobile Searches In 2008 Revolve Around Social Networks
mocoNews — ... Over the last 11 months, people used search engines on their phones to overwhelmingly to find one common theme—social networks. Those findings were part of two separate announcements made by both Yahoo and ...

Britney Spears and wrestling trounce Obama in Yahoo search rankings
VentureBeat — ... President-elect Barack Obama has had an incredible year. However, according to Yahoo’s 2008 search rankings, Obama’s history-making presidential bid still didn’t attract as much attention among web browsers as pop star Britney Spears and World Wrestling Entertainment in the world of overall search terms. ...

Britney Spears Tops Yahoo’s Top Searches for 2008
Search Engine Journal — ... Once again Britney Spears has proven that she’s not only the Pop Princess but also the “Queen of Searches”, well at least in Yahoo’s 2008 Year in Reviews of the most popular searches. Spears together with the World Wrestling Entertainment and Barack Obama are the top three overall searches conducted by usears on Yahoo’s search engine for 2008 and this is Spears 8th year to occupy that top spot. The complete top 10 Overall Searches according to Yahoo’s review are: ...

Britney Spears, followed by Barack Obama tops Yahoo’s 2008 Top Searches
D' Technology Weblog — Britney Spears gained the number one spot as the top searched person (7 out of 8 years), followed by Barack Obama was the second most searched person in 2008 and the third most popular search term, in Yahoo’s 2008 Year in Reviews of the most popular searches. The top 10 Overall Searches according to Yahoo’s review are: Britney Spears WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Barack Obama Miley Cyrus ...