Why "Yahoo" Is The #1 Search Term On Google

An anonymous reader writes "Google Trends indicates that over the course of the past year the search term "Yahoo" became more popular than "sex", making it the #1 query on Google. Yahoo apparently faces a similar dilemma with roles reversed: When you search for "Google" on Yahoo, Yahoo thoughtfully displays a second search box as if to tell you, "Hey cutie, you have a search engine right in front of you!" A puzzling phenomenon? An strange aberration?"

Comments

You knew this would happen...

[jrjarrett]

So how many of you just went to Google and searched for Yahoo? How many of you just went to Yahoo and searched for Google?

blame the censorship

[crassico]

I once found a page telling bad things about google and firefox. One week later google wouldnt find it anyhow. So I tried yahoo and there it was, on first page search. Guess you gotta use yahoo to have an impartial (prolly maybe not) search about the enemy and vice versa.

Re:Self fulfilling prophecy

[Dragonslicer]

And +1, Loose

Yahoo Meta Search

[ta ma de]

If you search for a "search engine" using Yahoo, then Yahoo ranks Google number #1 and Yahoo as #2. Try it