Facebook: The Most Searched for Term on the Web?

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by shuleatt • 17 years ago

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pclark• 17 years ago

because almost everyone enters "facebook" into either their address bar or google search box to get to facebook.

I recall reading at some point that the most-searched term on Yahoo was "Google" and the most-searched term on Google was "Yahoo", for exactly that reason.

nixy• 17 years ago

And in the good ol' days, Pamela Anderson topped these charts. (At least on Lycos.)

chengas123• 17 years ago

right, this is exactly what's happening. and also why youtube is beating out facebook

jrg• 17 years ago

definitely. If your parents'[1] have Google (or Yahoo) as their homepage then give them a url to access and watch them enter it straight into the search box.

[1. Or other non-tech person that you can watch web-browsing]

sahaj• 17 years ago

i'd be curious to see what the trend is going to be over 10 years or so.

possibly like myspace?: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=myspace

Facebook: The Most Searched for Term on the Web?

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