iPhone among top AOL searches for 2007
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 12, 2007 at 8:48am
The iPhone was among the the year’s top searches at AOL. AOL had announced its top searches for 2007 in a variety of categories, based on the people, places and topics that received the largest volume of search queries on AOL">http://search.aol.com">AOL Search, on mobile devices and the most searched for “Viral Videos, Music Videos and Television Moments” on Truveo.com.
For the second straight year, weather was the most popular general term on AOL Search, while WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, the Apple iPhone and Britney Spears appeared at the top of the News, Gadget and Celebrity search lists. American Idol showed no signs of slipping from the top of the most-searched TV shows list, and Hillary Clinton emerged as the front-runner on the Top Politicians list.
AOL says the combination of online viral videos and editorial commentary from gossip blogs like TMZ created a breed of celebrities whose accidental online celebrity led to offline fame. Topping this year’s inaugural most-searched for “Accidental Celebrity” list is socialite-turned-reality-TV-star, Kim Kardashian.
The most popular videos searched for on Truveo.com this year include a babbling beauty queen, a music video that taught the world a new dance, and a television blackout that left fans guessing. Miss Teen South Carolina’s question and answer fumble ranked as the Top Viral Video, while the world clamored to learn how to “Crank Dat” (Soulja Boy), making it 2007’s Top Music Video.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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