Ask.com Top Searches of 2006

Ask.com sent us their top searches for 2006 by category. Categories include news, celebrity, health, entertainment, images, and sports. Top News Searches: 1. President Bush 2. War in Iraq 3. Bird Flu 4. Iran 5. Gas Prices 6. North Korea 7. Britney Spears 8. Israel / Palestine 9. Wall Street 10. World Cup Top Celebrity […]

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Ask.com sent us their top searches for 2006 by category. Categories include news, celebrity, health, entertainment, images, and sports.


Top News Searches:
1. President Bush
2. War in Iraq
3. Bird Flu
4. Iran
5. Gas Prices
6. North Korea
7. Britney Spears
8. Israel / Palestine
9. Wall Street
10. World Cup

Top Celebrity Searches:
1. Chris Brown
2. Britney Spears
3. Steve Irwin
4. Shakira
5. Jessica Simpson
6. Angelina Jolie
7. Paris Hilton
8. 50 Cent
9. Zac Efron
10. Taylor Hicks

Top Health Searches:
1. Pregnancy
2. Bird Flu
3. Stem Cell Research
4. Diabetes
5. E. coli
6. Depression
7. AIDS
8. Atkins Diet
9. Cancer
10. Health Insurance

Top Entertainment Searches:
Music:
1. Chris Brown
2. Shakira
3. Jessica Simpson
4. 50 Cent
5. Ciara
6. Pussycat Dolls
7. Taylor Hicks
8. Maria Hicks
9. Lil’ Wayne
10. Omarian

Movies:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2. Cars
3. Ice Age: The Meltdown
4. The DaVinci Code
5. Superman Returns
6. X-Men: The Last Stand
7. Happy Feet
8. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Khazakstan
9. World Trade Center
10. Silent Hill

Top Image Searches:
1. Jessica Simpson
2. Anime
3. Carmen Electra
4. SpongeBob Squarepants
5. Chris Brown
6. Naruto
7. Jessica Alba
8. Pamela Anderson
9. Lindsey Lohan
10. Paris Hilton

Top Sports Searches:
1. World Cup
2. Barry Bonds
3. Allen Iverson
4. Tour de France
5. Tiger Woods
6. Tony Hawk
7. Zinedine Zidane
8. World Baseball Classic
9. Pittsburgh Steelers
10. Maria Sharapova


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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