Facebook: The Most Searched for Term on the Web?

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 16y ago ↗

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

chengas123 16y ago ↗

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

jrg 16y 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 16y 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? (leveragingideas.com)

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