Canada goes for wingers over singers: Yahoo! Canada top 2006 online search results reflect cultural

[graywarrior]

Top 10 Canadian Searches in 2006:

1. NHL 6. Neopets
2. FIFA World Cup 7. Revenue Canada
3. American Idol 8. Days of Our Lives
4. Rock Star Supernova 9. Environment Canada
5. WWE 10. Jessica Simpson

Top 10 U.S. Searches in 2006:

1. Britney Spears 6. American Idol
2. WWE 7. Beyoncé Knowles
3. Shakira 8. Chris Brown
4. Jessica Simpson 9. Pamela Anderson
5. Paris Hilton 10. Lindsay Lohan

{My favorite snip}

"Rock Star crept up the ranks in top Canadian search but didn't make the
U.S. lists," said Oliver Ho. "Eventual winner Lukas Rossi graced the stage
entertaining Canadian viewers throughout the summer online and on T.V. making
this American program more relevant to Canada and spiking search for Canadian
content."


http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2006/05/c3704.html

[Schema Thing]

1. And Canada has "revenue Canada" and "environment Canada"

in the top ten. Pretty impressive.

The American list makes me want to shoot myself.

[graywarrior]

2. It's so embarrassing.

[achtung_circus]

3. Environment Canada is there

because they are the weather forcast provider. Nearly everyone accesses their site. Most have figured out how to bookmark it, though.

For example:

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html

[Schema Thing]

4. lol, whew. Now I feel better about myself as an American.

[achtung_circus]

5. Glad to help, but

what is a "Britney Spears"? Some sort of javelin competition?

[Schema Thing]

6. It's an asparagus that smells like papparazzi bait

:toast:

[u4ic]

7. Easier to get

the forecast every day by email, as I do. ;-)