Social networks feature prominantly in top Google searches

December 19th, 2006

Social networking sites MySpace and Bebo took up the top 2 results on the most searched keyword phrases on Google in 2006. This continued the prominent trend of Web 2.0 websites making significant inroads into the mainstream with Metacafe, RadioBlog and Wikipedia also featuring prominantly in the Top 10 (at 4,5 and 6).

The rise in popularity of community sites was also a feature of the list with the term “Video” in at 7, reflecting the growth in services such as Youtube and Metacafe, as well as similar offerings from Google, MSN and Yahoo.

In the “How to” section, people most wanted to learn how they could refinance, set up a wiki page, drift, podcast, scream and levitate.

The top 10 were as follows:

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