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Michael Jackson tops list of Internet searches in ’09 - Daily Oklahoman
Michael Jackson is Most Searched, Beats Lady Gaga and Britney Spears - Limelife
Jackson bumps Spears from atop Yahoo ’09 searches - Nation
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Britney Spears Spends 28th Birthday with Her Beau and Boys - Artistdirect.com

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Michael Jackson tops list of Internet searches in ’09 - Daily Oklahoman

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:45 PM PST

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On Yahoo, it ended singer Britney Spears' four-year reign on top. <div class="ad300"> <h3 class="bar color">Multimedia</h3> <h3 class="color bar">More Info</h3> <div class="container top">  <br/>• <em class="b">No. 2: </em>"Twilight," the vampire story that has spawned two movies, including the recently released "New Moon," that are drawing hordes of teenage girls and their mothers. <p/> <br/>• <em class="b">No. 4: </em>Megan Fox, an actress who starred in the movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" <p/> <br/>• <em class="b">No. 8: </em>Kim Kardashian, of the family with their own reality TV series<p/> </div> </div> <p/>  The annual lists released Tuesday were compiled separately by Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., which handle two-thirds of the world's Internet searches.<p/> The lists are meant to provide a reading on our cultural pulse.<p/> As usual, people using Yahoo in 2009 seemed to be most interested in celebrities and other diversions. 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Michael Jackson is Most Searched, Beats Lady Gaga and Britney Spears - Limelife

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:38 PM PST

People are hungry for information.

The King of Pop can still wear his crown. The major search engines -- Google, Yahoo and Bing -- have revealed that Michael Jackson finished at the top of internet searches for 2009, ending Britney Spears' four-year reign.

Michael Jackson's death in June caused people around the world to flock to news sites in search of accurate information. Overall, worldwide web traffic jumped 11% when the King of Pop passed. This pushed him past the then-most searched term, Barack Obama.

"When the news of Michael Jackson's death came out the traffic was overwhelming, and surpassed that," said web trend analyst Vera Chan. "And then his case was ruled a homicide, so it's an ongoing crime investigation. His death is unresolved," she added.

The spike in traffic was so high right after news broke of MJ's death that Google actually thought it was under attack.

On Yahoo, the second most popular search term was "Twilight," followed by wrestling organization "WWE," Transformers star "Megan Fox," singer "Britney Spears," and the "Naruto" manga comics. Other popular terms were "American Idol," "Kim Kardashian," and "Nascar."

Google also looked at whose Twitter accounts were being most searched for. Apparently web surfers looked for Miley Cyrus' Twitter account the most, followed by those of Lance Armstrong and Taylor Swift.

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Jackson bumps Spears from atop Yahoo ’09 searches - Nation

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:18 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com Internet searches in 2009, putting an end to Britney Spears' four-year reign and helping bump the President Barack Obama from the top 10 list.
Although the year was dominated by recession, the most clicks still went to what distracts web surfers. NASCAR, actress Megan Fox, reality star Kim Kardashian, and the film "Twilight" replaced four actresses on last year's top list.
Until June, when Jackson died of a drug overdose, Obama's inauguration garnered the most web traffic, said Vera Chan, web trend analyst at Yahoo Inc.
"When the news of Michael Jackson's death came out the traffic was overwhelming, and surpassed that," she said.
The death had all the elements of intrigue and tragedy. It was sudden, shocking and eerily familiar, according to Chan.
"And then his case was ruled a homicide so it's an ongoing crime investigation. His death is unresolved," she added.
Breaking news increasingly drove searches this year. While Obama dropped from third in 2008 to 44th in 2009, the political focus shifted from the election campaign to specific policies. The phrase stimulus plan placed fourth and health care reform was sixth among Obama-related searches.
Among finance-related searches, the words coupons and unemployment topped a list that included cash for clunkers, student loans, foreclosures, and government jobs.

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Britney Spears celebrates 28th birthday - ITN

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:40 PM PST