Searching 'Round the World
Internet users spent the past week looking for holiday and file-sharing information, with a few celebrities and video games mixed in.
Internet users spent the past week looking for holiday and file-sharing information, with a few celebrities and video games mixed in.
Many global Internet users spent time looking for “Halloween” and “KaZaA” according to the Yahoo Buzz Index for the week ending Wednesday, November 6.
The spooky holiday and the file-sharing app have been sharing top billing since earlier in the month. Other top terms around the world include music and movie favorites, and video game titles.
| Top 5 Searches by Country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Australia | Kazaa | The Bold and the Beautiful |
Bali Bombing | Nelly | Harry Potter |
| Brazil | Halloween | Kazaa | Avril Lavigne | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Lord of the Rings |
| Canada | Kazaa | Christina Aguilera | Eminem | The Ring | Halloween |
| Denmark | Halloween | Bollywood | Nelly | Hitman 2 | Championship Manager |
| France | Halloween | Kazaa | FBI | Nelly | Christina Aguilera |
| Germany | Kazaa | Halloween | Christina Aguilera | Nelly | Eminem |
| Italy | Halloween | Kazaa | T.A.T.U. | WinMX | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Japan | Halloween | The Ring | NBA | Bali Bombing | WWE |
| Korea | Halloween | Major League Baseball | Kazaa | NBA | NASA |
| Mexico | Kazaa | T.A.T.U. | Britney Spears | Pamela Anderson | Christina Aguilera |
| Singapore | Winter Sonata | Kazaa | Warcraft 3 | WWE | Neopets |
| South Africa | The Bold and the Beautiful | Dragon Ball Z | Vin Diesel | Kazaa | Days of Our Lives |
| Spain | Kazaa | Halloween | Real Madrid | T.A.T.U. | Bruce Springsteen |
| Sweden | Kazaa | Halloween | Nelly | Christina Aguilera | Britney Spears |
| U.K. | Kazaa | Nelly | Bollywood | Hollywood | EastEnders |
| U.S. | Halloween | Eminem | Christina Aguilera | PlayStation 2 | Nelly |
| Source: Yahoo | |||||
The data is collected from English-language Yahoo search log files and these lists do not reflect searches from international Yahoo sites, such as http://br.yahoo.com/.
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