Hot Searches Hurt My Head
I took at look at some of the week’s Hot Searches at both AOL and Alexa. I often wonder exactly where the collective head of the internet is. Answer? Some strange places.
According to AOL, Hot Searches included:
Hot Searches from March 31, 2008:
Kate Bosworth — Got drunk before sex scene in new movie ‘21′
Earth Hour — Worldwide event designed to raise energy awareness
Kids’ Choice Awards — Find out who was slimmed this year
Katie Holmes — May star in a Broadway play
Food Network — Giada De Laurentiis gives birth
Doug Davis — Diamondbacks pitcher diagnosed with thyroid cancer
NASCAR — Find out who won the Goody’s Cool Orange 500
Kim Kardashian — Embarrassing WWE Wrestlemania XXIV Blunder?
NCAA — Who’s on the road to the Final Four?
Jonas Brothers — Concert ticket sales surpassed NCAA tournament
I have to laugh at Kate Bosworth’s ownership of the top spot. It’s an object lesson in how the terms “drunk sex” can power a search. The Kim Kardashian bit is hilarious; the human version of Jessica Rabbit demonstrated that she knew nothing about what she was supposed to do prior to the show. And the Jonas Brothers bit just makes me want to weep.
Over at Alexa, people are looking for “Audrina Partridge” and “Jennifer Lopez Twins”. I thought that the Jennifer Lopez one seemed pretty sensible . . . then I realized that people were looking for pictures of her children. That’s kind of worrisome, really. The obssession with celebrity kids goes a bit too far.
As for “Audrina Partridge”, you have to love America. Only in the U.S.A. can a young lady get famous for playing herself in a psuedo-scripted reality show about pretty people not doing much of anything. Example #347 of why the terrorists hate us.
