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OILFAN #81
12-05-2007, 04:26 PM
Top Canadian Searches



NHL (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=nhl)
Britney Spears (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=britney+spears)
American Idol (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=american+idol)
WWE (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=wwe)
Perez Hilton (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=perez+hilton)
Revenue Canada (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=revenue+canada)
OLGC (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=olgc)
Environment Canada (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=environment+canada)
Paris Hilton (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=paris+hilton)
NASCAR (http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?cs=bz&fr=buzz&p=nascar)
http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/yearinreview/2007/

Interesting list.

SeeGeeWhy
12-05-2007, 04:40 PM
I wonder how much money that perez hilton guy makes.

That's like asking how many potatos he can fit in his ass. The answer is - probably a lot, but I sure don't want to know for sure.

The Goon
12-05-2007, 04:53 PM
Why are these "Year in Review" recaps never done after the year is actually over? There's still 26 days to go. A lot can happen in the last 7.1% of the year.

Prototype
12-05-2007, 05:12 PM
I still can't believe that people need a search engine to find WWE. I can understand if they want to find other sites than just their main one. I think it would be more interesting to see which sites have been clicked on from yahoo.

Sainters7
12-05-2007, 05:16 PM
Britney Spears #2? Perez Hilton(celebrity blogger, I just learned that) #5? Paris Hilton #9? That's embarassing. I can't believe how obsessed our culture is about celebrity tabloids, good god...

Temporary_User
12-05-2007, 05:21 PM
Why are these "Year in Review" recaps never done after the year is actually over? There's still 26 days to go. A lot can happen in the last 7.1% of the year.Agreed. Let's make Calgary Flames #1 :)

I'm suprised to see Nascar on the list. It is possibly my narrow-mindedness, but I thought the fanbase for that was moreso limited to SW states such as Alabama, Georgia etc..
I've never followed WWE, so I also thought that was dieing down.

I guess in the end, it really shows how much Canadians are engrossed with American "culture"

I went ahead and searched for the Top US searches were:

Britney Spears
WWE
Paris Hilton
Naruto
Beyonce
Lindsay Lohan
Rune Scape
Fantasy Football
Fergie
Jessica AlbaI guess with that list, it shows that WWE is still extremely popular. I somehow did not know this...
Also I had no idea what Naruto nor Rune Scape was, and had to google them to find out... I guess it shows that myself at the age of 22, really has no idea what is going on outside of my lil' peer group and surroundings.

Locke
12-05-2007, 05:24 PM
I love how revenue Canada is on the list. You know you have problems when half the country has to look them up.....:confused:

CrusaderPi
12-05-2007, 05:25 PM
Britney Spears #2? Perez Hilton(celebrity blogger, I just learned that) #5? Paris Hilton #9? That's embarassing. I can't believe how obsessed our culture is about celebrity tabloids, good god...
Add in # 3 American Idol for being stupid celebrity trash, #3 wrestling for being just stupid (it is, and if you watch it deep down you know it is stupid) #7 The Ontario lotto which is a tax on people who are stupid and/or bad at math and #10 NASCAR which is, well, NASCAR and you've got one stupid country.

Temporary_User
12-05-2007, 05:27 PM
I also wonder what these searches really mean...
For example people searching for "NHL" who does that? I have NHL.com, TSN.com CP etc all bookmarked, but if I wanted info on those, they're simple enough to type in, so with this, aswell as the other most searched for things could we assume that only the uneducated really are demographed with these top 10's?


EDIT: Prottotype sort of beat me to it...

Temporary_User
12-05-2007, 05:32 PM
Add in # 3 American Idol for being stupid celebrity trash, #3 wrestling for being just stupid (it is, and if you watch it deep down you know it is stupid) #7 The Ontario lotto which is a tax on people who are stupid and/or bad at math and #10 NASCAR which is, well, NASCAR and you've got one stupid country.
While I don't get nor watch NASCAR (does that stand for something, why is every letter capitalized all the time like the NHL which is National Hockey League) I think if you're making the point you are, and including NASCAR in that list, unfortunately, you have to include the NHL.

OILFAN #81
12-05-2007, 05:42 PM
While I don't get nor watch NASCAR (does that stand for something, why is every letter capitalized all the time like the NHL which is National Hockey League) I think if you're making the point you are, and including NASCAR in that list, unfortunately, you have to include the NHL.

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

TheyCallMeBruce
12-05-2007, 06:10 PM
Naruto????

ROFL!!!!

Kage Bushin no Jitsu!!

CrusaderPi
12-05-2007, 08:17 PM
While I don't get nor watch NASCAR (does that stand for something, why is every letter capitalized all the time like the NHL which is National Hockey League) I think if you're making the point you are, and including NASCAR in that list, unfortunately, you have to include the NHL.
While being a NASCAR fan doesn't automatically make you stupid, it's just improves your odds. The same shouldn't be said for fans of other sports (except Raider Nation).

Ayrahb
12-05-2007, 08:19 PM
To me it's bigger news that there are people who still use Yahoo search!? ;)

CrusaderPi
12-05-2007, 08:32 PM
To me it's bigger news that there are people who still use Yahoo search!? ;)

"Google" finished at #11

Flamesguy_SJ
12-05-2007, 09:11 PM
I think a lot of the reason why WWE is ranking so high on the search lists is because of the, well....bad things happening in that industry. Honestly, with the Chris Benoit murder/suicide, I expected WWE to rank much higher in Canada. Lots of bad news stories coming out of WWE the past year or so.

Temporary_User
12-05-2007, 09:50 PM
I think a lot of the reason why WWE is ranking so high on the search lists is because of the, well....bad things happening in that industry. Honestly, with the Chris Benoit murder/suicide, I expected WWE to rank much higher in Canada. Lots of bad news stories coming out of WWE the past year or so.
Very true...
However, wouldn't simply steroids be more searched for if this was the case...
This term would cover WWE incidents, MLB's, tour de france, even the NHL had rumors about possible steroid use.

Hakan
12-05-2007, 10:01 PM
That list is just sad.

llama64
12-05-2007, 10:05 PM
To me it's bigger news that there are people who still use Yahoo search!? ;)

Google is big in North America. Yahoo gets more action in the rest of the world. Apparently it's absolutely huge in Korea.


Where does porn rank in? Some how I think that list is a tad "filtered".

bluejays
12-05-2007, 10:23 PM
Has anyone tried Google Trends? It's absolutely amazing. Just type in any particular search and you can see who in a particular searches the most for that topic. Very interesting. example: Ween Enlargement = Philippines. haha.

worth
12-06-2007, 07:19 AM
NHL - Understandable
Britney Spears - Don't care...not sure how so many Canadians do
American Idol - Again, don't care
WWE - See above
Perez Hilton - No idea who this is
Revenue Canada - Understandable
OLGC - A lot of gamblers in the house tonight?
Environment Canada - Understandable
Paris Hilton - Don't care
NASCAR - Interesting

CaptainCrunch
12-06-2007, 08:59 AM
Google is big in North America. Yahoo gets more action in the rest of the world. Apparently it's absolutely huge in Korea.


Where does porn rank in? Some how I think that list is a tad "filtered".

Yes I was surprised that it was so filtered, I mean come on, well endowed amputee small people has to be in the top 10 somewhere. Or is that just me

moon
12-06-2007, 09:17 AM
I'm suprised to see Nascar on the list. It is possibly my narrow-mindedness, but I thought the fanbase for that was moreso limited to SW states such as Alabama, Georgia etc..


I think that would be SE states.

This seems to show what people that don't really know how to use the internet or rarely use the internet search for.

As many people have already mentioned to get info on any of those topics I doubt that I would use a search engine and am sure most of us here are in the same boat.

All the topics on the list seem to fit in with what many younger and those without internet at home would tend to search for.

metal_geek
12-06-2007, 09:22 AM
I wonder how many people have yahoo "tool" bar installed, who just type in what they want on the internet, thinking that paris hilton is a web address...
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llama64
12-06-2007, 11:41 AM
I wonder how many people have yahoo "tool" bar installed, who just type in what they want on the internet, thinking that paris hilton is a web address...

You have just described so many people I know. Yikes.

Is the internet really that complicated as a concept to grasp? I mean, we are talking about doctors, lawyers, university professors who cannot figure how the basics of the internet.

Heck, even teenagers these days can't seem to "get it". It's nearly automatic for people to glaze over soon as some one starts describing anything computer related as if it's completely magical and beyond their understanding.

It's the TUBES people. THE TUBES!

<goes off to lunch to calm down a bit>

metal_geek
12-06-2007, 12:12 PM
You have just described so many people I know. Yikes.

Is the internet really that complicated as a concept to grasp? I mean, we are talking about doctors, lawyers, university professors who cannot figure how the basics of the internet.

Heck, even teenagers these days can't seem to "get it". It's nearly automatic for people to glaze over soon as some one starts describing anything computer related as if it's completely magical and beyond their understanding.

It's the TUBES people. THE TUBES!

<goes off to lunch to calm down a bit>


Hummmm... is it possible to dumb something down so much that you actually make the people who use it dumber?... or is it that as you dumb it down, the dumb people come outta the woodwork and bring the average IQ of the whole group down?

I think it would explain alot of the searches on that list...
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