Lyrics, Celebs, Games Top 2005 Searches

Meta-search engine Dogpile has released its tallies of top search terms for 2005: music, Internet sites, games, celebs come out on top, but the runners-up are surprising.

Meta-search engine Dogpile.com has compiled its lists of the most popular Internet search terms of 2005. Music lyrics, celebrity names, Internet sites, and gaming terms emerge as the most sought-after information, but some of the runners up aren’t exactly what savvy Internet users might expect. Would you believe poetry, baby names, obituaries, and wedding vows?

Dogpile is a business of InfoSpace, and is a aggregating search engine which combined search results from other widely-used Web search services (including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves, About.com, and others) into a single set of results. Its lists of popular terms are based on Dogpile searches conducted between January 1 and November 30, 2005, excluding adult content terms.

Among interesting results: people apparently search for information on wedding vows, baby names, and interview questions online with considerable frequency. Also, some celebrities have staying power: nearly 12 years after the debut of the television sitcom Friends, Jennifer Aniston’s hairstyle and straightener (Sedu) are still hot search terms.

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