NBA Finals
The NBA finals triumphed on the web this week as basketball fans sought out all the news on the match-up between the Miami Heat
and the Dallas Mavericks
. The heat’s Lebron James
is the most searched player this week followed by the Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki and Miami’s Dwayne Wade. And if the championship was based on Yahoo! search queries alone, Miami would have a definite edge over Dallas.
– searches up 860% this week and also Mavs tickets
for next season – those searches jumped nearly 500%.***
National Doughnut Day
Finally, Americans are gearing up to indulge on National Doughnut Day. It’s today, by the way, in case you forgot. Dunkin donuts
, Krispey Kreme and Winchell’s earn the top spots this week in searches as people seek out where to get freebies today. They’re also looking for gluten free options, donut recipes and calorie counts. Some people are seeking out the website Holey Donuts which offers low cal versions of your favorites, too.***
Among the billions of searches that course through Yahoo!, there are bound to be oodles of misspellings. After all, one reason that people search is to figure out an unfamiliar concept, like who the heck this Justine Bieber (aka Justin Bieber
) is, or where can you get these Zoo Zoo Pets (aka Zhu Zhu Pets
) that the kids are yammering about. In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Yahoo! took a look at some of the top misspelled or misheard searches. *Misheard refers to a term that a person thinks they know but may have misheard it and are therefore searching for it – the wrong way!
Some of the top misspelled/misheard searches on Yahoo!
in 2011 have been:
We consistently see misspelled searches for famous people and brands, some of the top misspelled are:
) is, or where can you get these Zoo Zoo Pets (aka Zhu Zhu Pets) that the kids are yammering about. In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Yahoo! took a look at some of the top misspelled or misheard searches. *Misheard refers to a term that a person thinks they know but may have misheard it and are therefore searching for it – the wrong way! Some of the top misspelled/misheard searches on Yahoo!
in 2011 have been:- 72 virginians: for 72 virgins, following the death of Osama bin Laden
- Which american idol has turrets – for which American Idol has Tourette’s
- Defensive marriage act - for Defense of Marriage Act
- Turnoble russia meltdown - for Chernobyl Russia meltdown
- Alice and chains - for Alice in Chains
- Super bowel commercials – for Super Bowl commercials
- How old is McJagger? – for How old is Mick Jagger
We consistently see misspelled searches for famous people and brands, some of the top misspelled are:
- Justin Beaver, Justine Bieber - for Justin Bieber
- louie vaton purses - for Louis Vuitton purses
- Wallmart – for Walmart
- Katie Perry – for Katy Perry
- Brittany Spears – for Britney Spears
- Paperview boxing – for “pay per view boxing”
- Swain flu, swan flu, wine flu – for swine flu
- Dancing with the Starts – Dancing with the Stars
- Obama Bin Laden – for Osama Bin Laden
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Justine! That's hilarious!
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