WoW, PSP, Xbox 360 top Google's top search lists

by Vladimir Cole { Jan 1st 2006 at 8:00AM }

As noted just a few hours ago, the PSP and Xbox 360 featured heavily in the top searches performed on Yahoo's search engine. No different for Google, really, where Sony's PSP was the most searched-for game product in Google's Froogle engine (guess people want it cheaper, take the hint, Sony!) and the Xbox 360 was the most searched for games item in Google News.

That Xbox 360 result is fantastic*, considering the competition. Here's the Google News top search results for 2005. How did the Xbox 360 beat out Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie? Stay cool. That rumbling you feel in LA isn't an earthquake. It's Hollywood shaking in its boots as video games grow while movie attendance continues its year-over-year decline. Then again, maybe legions of holiday shoppers were just hoping Google news would tell them where to find an in-stock Xbox 360.

Janet Jackson
Hurricane Katrina
tsunami
xbox 360
Brad Pitt
Michael Jackson
American Idol
Britney Spears
Angelina Jolie
Harry Potter

Meanwhile, World of Warcraft placed eighth in Google's "Top Gainers of 2005" list.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xbox360-forums.com @ Jan 1st 2006 8:07AM

No real surprises, apart from Janet Jackson?

Don't tell me that her breast falling out and a video of her apparently sunbathing naked really meant that more people searched for her than the xbox 360.

Lou @ Jan 1st 2006 10:05AM

What! No Dragonball Z?

LR @ Jan 1st 2006 12:38PM

I've used Google to search for xbox 360 news since the console launch. It's pretty cool, just type 'xbox 360' and you'll find the top stories that day.

smarterray @ Jan 1st 2006 12:53PM

It would also help Hollywood if movies these days weren't such crap (i.e. anything by Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn).

Dasutin @ Jan 1st 2006 2:52PM

Yeah I don't understand why Janet Jackson and Brad Pitt are in the top ten.

http://www.dasutin.com

Jmoney @ Jan 1st 2006 3:11PM

Ben stiller I agree, but Vince Vaughn, have u seen Wedding Crashers? He did suck in Be Cool though.

b0ogie @ Jan 1st 2006 3:36PM

You know this stuff is a lie, if it was accurate, the first 6 would be "xxx" and "boobs" and or any mispellings... The next 3 would be Lesbian, Lesbo, lezbo, and the #10 would be some kinda fruit... like a tomato. so the top ten google searched terms are

10. Tomato

9. Lezbo

8. Lesbo

7. Lesbian

6. bobies

5. boobes

4. booby's

3. boobies

2. boob's

1. xxx