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March 06, 2007
What do people search for online?
Rick Skrenta wrote a great little tool that pulls back what people were searching for online using AOL. As he pointed out, when AOL first accidentally released this data there was a huge fuss. There are some really disturbing searches that people do...
My favorite set of searches from a user session (didn't want to post the really salacious ones):
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| disney |
| disney desktops |
| jamicia |
| npic state.gov |
| passport photo |
| jamicia |
| passport photo |
| passport photo where to go |
| passport photo where to go in ny |
| ohot for a passport in ny |
| photo for a passport in ny |
| passport ny |
| photo for a passport in ny |
| passport ny |
| photo for a passport in ny |
| photo for a passport in syr ny |
| pbskids |
| y94fm |
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Look how many different ways this person is looking for a photo passport...makes one think: search still has a ways to go. Maybe Yahoo! Answers for the web and our Answers not Links philosophy for mobile is the way to go after all.
March 6, 2007 in Search Engines | Permalink
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