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Home  Blog Top 10 Search Terms On Google, Yahoo, and AOL Compared 2006
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Top 10 Search Terms On Google, Yahoo, and AOL Compared 2006 |
The most popular search term that people typed into Google for 2006 was "Bebo" according to the 2006 Year-End Google Zeitgeist. Bebo? Yes, Bebo. Not eBay. Not Britney Spears.
Bebo is a popular social network for sure but it isn't even the most popular social network. Most people have probably never heard of it so how could it possibly be the most popular search term that people typed into Google in 2006? Metacafe is also on the list. Metacafe is a video sharing website that is less popular than YouTube and YouTube didn't even make the list. Here is the list of the top ten terms:
1.Bebo
2. Myspace
3. World cup
4. Metacafe
5. Radioblog
6. Wikipedia
7. Video
8. Rebelde
9. Mininova
10. Wiki
Here's Yahoo:
1. Britney Spears
2. WWE
3. Shakira
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Paris Hilton
6. American Idol
7. Beyonce Knowles
8. Chris Brown
9. Pamela Anderson
10. Lindsay Lohan
Here's AOL:
1. Weather
2. Dictionary
3. Dogs
4. American Idol
5. Maps
6. Cars
7. Games
8. Tattoo
9. Horoscopes
10. Lyrics
There's only a single overlap: "American Idol" appears on both Yahoo
and AOL. That's it. I would have thought that, given the sheer number
of searches done through each engine, there'd be a lot more similarity
in the results. I guess it means that very different types of people
use each of the three engines.
Looking back over the results, I think I can suggest the following
market segmentation: Google users are geeks and professionals. Yahoo users are children
And AOL users are new internet users who still think the web is about research and the weather.
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