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Most "Top-Searched" Lists Excise Porn

Wall Street Journal   |  Carl Bialik   |   December 21, 2007 09:42 AM

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Internet time is faster than regular time. On the Internet, for example, 2007 ended three weeks ago.

At least five search companies, including Google and Yahoo, announced their top searches of the year -- based on the first 11 months. These annual compilations purporting to show the people, places and things most sought after by Web searchers are released in time for the news media's early December rush to wrap up the year when it's barely 90% over.

"It's the traditional news-cycle period for the 2007 look-back," says Vera Chan, senior editor at Yahoo.

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- Birdman I'm a Fan of Birdman permalink

I think the author was surprized that users use serche engines to get web addresses for things liek Ebay, Yahoo, or Myspace. Actaully I never ever type an address directly into my browser I always use a serch engine for one reason and one reason only. If you type in a web address directly and say mistype it and hit enter you can end up at a site that might give you a trogan, or some adware that you do not want, or nothing at all maybe even a porn page that was not intended. No I never risk typing in an web address I always use serch engines to ensure I'm getting the right page.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:15 AM on 12/22/2007
- radmul I'm a Fan of radmul permalink

Gee the same people that rat out dissident journalists and hand over your email to the government lie in their lists to make money I am shocked.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:08 PM on 12/21/2007
- JohnPone I'm a Fan of JohnPone permalink
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who's deciding what is porn and what isn't? scary.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:46 PM on 12/21/2007
- Ginzaman I'm a Fan of Ginzaman permalink

Yahoo is really weird. If you try to start a group there you can't say words like sex, porn, etc. But there are tons of groups with porn content. Wacky..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:08 PM on 12/21/2007
- wadenelson1 I'm a Fan of wadenelson1 permalink
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I thought it said search engines were now offering "Exercise Porn." I dunno, maybe naked aerobics or something.

Just another way to get all steamed up, I s'pose.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:10 AM on 12/21/2007
- mrcontinental I'm a Fan of mrcontinental permalink
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Well THAT was a boring read.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:03 AM on 12/21/2007
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