Most popular searches online in 2008

What was hot in 2008?

What was hot in 2008?

Search engines have their fingers on the pulse of their users' psyche. Here's what those users were interested in this year, based on their search queries:

Yahoo

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


Ask.com

1. Dictionary

2. MySpace

3. Google

4. YouTube

5. Facebook

6. Coupons

7. Cars

8. Craigslist

9. Online degrees

10. Credit score


Google

1. Obama

2. Facebook

3. ATT

4. iPhone

5. YouTube

6. Fox News

7. Palin

8. Beijing 2008

9. David Cook

10. Surf the channel

Sources: Yahoo, Ask.com and Google

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