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What Do Britney Spears, Al Gore, and Harry Potter Have in Common?


It’s a search marketer’s dream. The opportunity to post a news story with a title that includes the keyword "Britney Spears" in a legitimate way!

Thanks to Yahoo’s 2007 Top Trends in Search, we get to use Ms. Spears’ name and also "stuff" our post with a few other popular terms. OK, so we’re not actually hoping to rank for "Harry Potter" but, should Spears, Potter and Al Gore end up in some twisted love-triangle, we’re golden! ;-)

In the meantime, you can waste half an hour perusing the keywords that your fellow man spent the better part of 2007 searching.

News Stories – top 10 news stories

1. Saddam Hussein

2. Iran

3. Iraq

4. President George W. Bush

5. Oil and Gas prices

Grass is Always Greener – top 10 environmental searches

1. Recycling

2. Global Warming

3. Freecycle

4. Earth

5. Pollution

6. Al Gore

Celebrity Downslides – top 10 troubled stars

1. Britney Spears

2. Paris Hilton

3. Anna Nicole Smith

4. Vanessa Anne Hudgens

5. Nicole Richie

The Year of I, You and Wii – top 10 in tech

1. YouTube

2. Wikipedia

3. Facebook

4. iTunes

5. iPod

Final Farewells – top 10 send-offs

1. Harry Potter

2. Anna Nicole Smith

3. The Sopranos

4. Rosie O’Donnell

5. Gilmore Girls


  • http://www.AceActionFigures.com Matt Kilsdonk

    Google also has a useful tool like that called Google Zeitgeist, but I like looking at Google Hot Trends and you can see in almost real time what everyone is searching for.

  • http://www.minicix.com minicix

    Really, why do people keep typing in Britney Spears, what is it there to wonder about her? I would type that into search engines only if there is nothing left on earth to learn.

  • http://www.gowfb.com GoWFB

    Clever headline there Andy, and minicix, i so agree with you; I also have zero interest in Britney Spears. In fact Spears and her dalliances (and pregnancies come to that) keep getting so much media attention that she is the last person i would want to find out more about.

  • http://chasinggoogle.blogspot.com/ Mobile guy

    Ups, you did it again :)

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  • http://nicholasf.wordpress.com/ Nicholas

    Im glad the whole Harry Potter trend is dieing out. I couldn’t stand that little fairy.

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  • http://top10mp3download.blogspot.com jimbit

    hehe britney did it again!!

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  • http://beyonce-knowles-info.blogspot.com J. Rocker

    Britney Is gonna stay in the top trends for a while I’m afraid. Also, Hairy potter will come whenever the new movies are made. Internet Marketers Wet Dream.

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