Highest Rated Search Engine, Dogpile(R), Reveals Year's Most - and for the First Time, Least - Searched Terms of 2006.Social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network , travel and shopping among most popular inquiries; Snoods and snails leave some searchers guessing BELLEVUE, Wash. -- As the "Year of the Dog" draws to a close, Dogpile[R] (www.dogpile.com), the search engine that combines the top results from all the leading search engines, today announced its most popular Internet search terms of 2006, including "ecards" at No. 1. With an estimated 66 percent of the U.S. online population conducting at least one Internet search each day(1), searches are revealing more insight into the nation's collective interests. This year's top ten reflects users' growing interest in the Internet as a way to reach out to friends through ecards and social networking. Music lyrics and game cheats held strong again this year. Other top ten searches for baby names, dictionary and poetry suggest the search audience looks to Dogpile for more than just entertainment news and uses the site for information that helps them in their daily lives. Retailers and travel emerged as two of the most popular search categories this year, reflecting the nation's increasing reliance on the Web to shop and city-hop. In December, gift cards were among the top searches as holiday gift buyers turned to the Web to shop. On the flip side Flip side In the context of general equities, opposite side to a proposition or position (buy, if sell is the proposition and vice versa). , this year Dogpile is also shedding light on a few of the year's more unusual inquiries with the first annual list of the least searched terms. This year's list covers the least searched questions and cities in 2006, revealing the thought-provoking mysteries that keep some searchers up at night, and which tourism bureaus may need to staff up this year. Dogpile Top 10 Searches in 2006 1. Ecards 2. MySpace 3. Music lyrics 4. Game cheats 5. Baby names 6. Food 7. Jokes 8. Paris Hilton  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. 9. Dictionary 10. Poetry Dogpile Top 10 Retailers of 2006 1. Walmart 2. Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box 3. Amazon.com 4. Circuit City 5. Best Buy 6. Target 7. Staples 8. Costco 9. Bed, Bath & Beyond 10. Radio Shack See RadioShack. Dogpile Top Gift Card Searches of December 2006 1. Visa gift cards 2. American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. gift cards 3. Mastercard gift cards 4. iTunes gift cards 5. Simon gift cards 6. Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. gift cards 7. Target gift cards 8. Starbucks gift cards 9. Dell gift cards 10. Walmart gift cards Dogpile Top 10 Travel Searches of 2006 1. Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. 2. Driving directions 3. Travelocity 4. Airline tickets 5. Expedia 6. American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the 7. Travel 8. Quantas airlines 9. United Airlines 10. cheap airline tickets Least Searched Questions of 2006(3) 1. What is a snood snood see frontal process (2). ? 2. What do snails eat? 3. How many gold medals did the U.S. women win in the Olympics? 4. How much house can I afford? 5. Why can't we be friends? 6. Why is soil so important? 7. Why is the sky blue? 8. Who created the Internet? 9. How long can a person live without food? 10. What is an atom? Least Searched Cities of 2006(3) 1. New Hope, PA 2. Montauk, NY 3. Columbia, MO 4. Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). , TX 5. Anaheim, CA 6. Longview, TX 7. Wilmington, NC 8. Pittsburg, PA 9. Dayton, OH 10. Birmingham, AL As the Internet's leading metasearch site A Web search engine that searches other Web search engines. Also called a "metasite." See Web search engines. , Dogpile combines the strengths of all the best search engines - Google, Yahoo!, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). and Ask - to provide users a more efficient way to find the best results across multiple search engines. In 2006, Dogpile ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Internet Users With Primary Search Engines/Functions" from the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Residential Online Service Customer Satisfaction Study.(2) To try Dogpile for yourself, visit at http://www.dogpile.com. Report Methodology Results are based on searches completed during January 1-November 31, 2006. Any adult content terms have been filtered out of results and category lists above have been compiled from Dogpile.com by InfoSpace personnel. About Dogpile.com[R] Dogpile.com (www.dogpile.com), widely recognized as the Web's best metasearch engine The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. , makes it easy for users to search more of the Web by combining the best results from the most popular search engines. Dogpile.com is part of the InfoSpace Online family of Web search and online directory properties. These products bring people, information and businesses together online to help users find the information they need quickly and easily. InfoSpace Online is a business of InfoSpace, Inc. About InfoSpace Online InfoSpace Online is a leading developer of proprietary metasearch technologies and a provider of Internet sites that offer search, local search and online directory services to consumers on a global basis. InfoSpace's family of Web properties includes Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com), MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com), Zoo (www.zoo.com), Switchboard (www.switchboard.com), InfoSpace (www.infospace.com) and WebFetch (www.webfetch.com), which showcase the company's leading metasearch technology and key advertising partnerships with companies like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask, Verizon SuperPages and Yellowpages.com. Both online and mobile users benefit from the best-in-class local search experience of InfoSpace Find It! (www.infospacefindit.com). InfoSpace Online also delivers compelling revenue opportunities for its partners, such as Cablevision, through its private-label online search and directory services. InfoSpace Online is a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP INSP Inspection INSP Inspector INSP Inspect INSP Inspirational Network INSP Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (French) INSP International Nuclear Safety Program INSP International Network on Strategic Philanthropy ). For information about InfoSpace, please visit: http://www.infospaceinc.com. (1) Pew Internet & American Life Project, 12/05/2006 (2) Disclaimer: Dogpile received the highest numerical score for primary search engines in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2006 residential Online Service Customer Satisfaction Study(SM). Study based on responses from 10,787 residential customers of internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , measuring 7 search engines/functions. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed June-July 2006. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. (3) Least searched terms were searched a minimum of 50 times, but no more than 100. This release contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace's online business including the performance of its metasearch products and services. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include actual performance under the MSN Search MSN Search was a search engine by Microsoft that comprised a search engine, index, and web crawler. As of September 12, 2006, MSN Search is now Live Search. This offers users the ability to search for specific types of information using search tabs that include Web, news, images, agreement, the progress and costs of the development of our products and services, and the timing and extent of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly reports on form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. as filed from time to time, in the section entitled "Risk Factors." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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