2005 Top Web Searches
As I was surfing around trying to remain (become?) relevant, I stumbled across Yahoo’s 2005 Top Searches and was amazed and befuddled (probably shouldn’t have been, huge lack of relevancy displayed here…) by the top ten.
No “Jesus,” “Spirituality,” heck not even “Rick Warren!”
Not to mention, “the mystic”…
Lots of Brittany, 50 cent and Jessica Simpson (OK, I’m not THAT surprised…) So these trends reflect what the world is searching for, but what ARE they searching for? Really?
What can we do as a community, as 189 souls (as I write this), to impact this world we live in? What if Jesus was in the top ten in 2006…?
The search for the mystic continues…
February 6th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
[…] Fellow voxian (little voice?), Eric, takes note of the dismally high search counts for celebrities at Yahoo.com’s 2005 wrap-up, puzzling over just what people are searching for. We’ll always have a fascination with the sensational or novel as humans. I wonder though, if Google’s “Top Gainers” list doesn’t speak to this question more. Take a look: […]