How many genealogist's are there????

[Black Sheep]

Everyone says that Genealogy is the second most searched for word on the internet. It makes you wonder how many people are researching their family history, do you think eventually there will be so many we will eventually all connect .......if only 

What do you think ?

[JillJ]

Hi Black Sheep,

I hope we all live long enough to see it!  But then the fun would go out of it all, so maybe not!

Jill

P.S.  Curiosity is killing - what's the top most searched for word?

[animet]

I think you will find the most searched for subject on the internet is pornography.

I work for an ISP and we have worked out that all we are really is purveyors of porn to the masses!

Anita

[Hackstaple]

The answer is not really all that surprising but here it is [genealogy - with any spelling does not feature]:
The top 200 long-term keyword report

Our current database contains 373,636,378 search terms
and represents the complete queries from the largest
metacrawlers on the web (Metacrawler/Dogpile etc.) for the
last 60 days (2 months).


Nos. Count Keyword
===========================================
1 213259 paris hilton
2 155497 google
3 124016 yahoo
4 121086 ebay
5 96264 eminem
6 96262 britney spears
7 94014 mapquest
8 93708 tsunami
9 90841 girls
10 90334 89.com
11 89458 green day
12 88265 lindsay lohan
13 83102 carmen electra
14 72377 jennifer lopez
15 72232 50 cent
16 68620 anime
17 67544 yahoo.com
18 62589 usher
19 59530 games
20 59284 weather
21 58363 girls gone wild
22 57996 lyrics
23 56197 thongs
24 55437 american idol
25 55150 jessica simpson
26 54361 dictionary
27 52089 cars
28 52024 hotmail
29 50653 tattoos
30 50363 search engines
31 50260 thong
32 49919 christmas
33 48811 hilary duff
34 48500 jokes
35 47593 dogs
36 47342 prom dresses
37 47245 angelina jolie
38 46247 ask jeeves
39 45425 schnappi
40 44611 linkin park
41 42310 dog
42 41960 irs
43 41166 ebay.com
44 40219 girls kissing
45 39757 christina aguilera
46 39619 hotmail.com
47 39260 horoscopo 2005 gratis
48 37639 walmart
49 37569 song lyrics
50 37547 metallica
51 37410 tara reid
52 37198 music
53 37140 ashlee simpson
54 36919 beyonce
55 36805 michael jackson
56 36638 jesse mccartney
57 36503 nelly
58 36095 home depot
59 35501 simple plan
60 35297 hot
61 34741 women
62 34522 slipknot
63 34517 kelly blue book
64 34461 ciara
65 34314 funny
66 34222 camel toe
67 33534 kelly clarkson
68 33491 google.com
69 33474 ludacris
70 33346 napoleon dynamite
71 32757 inuyasha
72 32688 flowers
73 32299 camel+toes
74 32270 bang bus
75 32228 good charlotte
76 32055 blink 182
77 31927 yahoo mail
78 31607 gwen stefani
79 31483 brooke burke
80 31418 candy shop
81 31393 best buy
82 31264 baby names
83 31073 maps
84 30739 trish stratus
85 30672 milf hunter
86 30347 jennifer aniston
87 30336 amazon.com
88 29632 korn
89 28673 simpsons
90 28208 briana banks
91 28171 girl
92 28157 ashanti
93 28130 sears
94 27807 avril lavigne
95 27737 freeones
96 27542 family guy
97 27525 nirvana
98 27501 www.yahoo.com
99 27264 topless
100 27050 pam anderson
101 26956 pichunter
102 26870 free games
103 26776 remove drm from wmv
104 26745 msn
105 26704 lowes
106 26367 milfs
107 26327 asian
108 26311 anna nicole smith
109 26111 south park
110 26040 map quest
111 25944 evanescence
112 25695 cat
113 25635 bangbus
114 25577 movies
115 25489 lil kim
116 25373 southwest airlines
117 25320 white pages
118 25298 my chemical romance
119 25259 sublime directory
120 25238 snoop dogg
121 24884 cats
122 24855 target
123 24618 spybot
124 24547 the killers
125 24377 u2
126 24348 free
127 24280 halle berry
128 24191 aol mail
129 24099 nascar
130 24028 jobs
131 24020 aria giovanni
132 23982 tera patrick
133 23959 band or song name
134 23801 msn.com
135 23639 jdm
136 23618 airline tickets
137 23485 love
138 23480 greeting cards
139 23437 ringtones
140 23417 torrie wilson
141 23394 travel
142 23345 lose my breath
143 23291 pink floyd
144 23250 college girls
145 23238 marilyn manson
146 23200 circuit city
147 23070 terri schiavo
148 23065 recipes
149 22901 people search
150 22782 mature
151 22697 howard stern
152 22518 holiday gifts
153 22393 janet jackson
154 22376 dogpile
155 22353 wwe
156 21887 greenday
157 21805 xnxx
158 21691 dragons
159 21406 creampie
160 21406 p
161 21358 online games
162 21342 models
163 21334 jordan
164 21303 daddy yankee
165 21209 aol.com
166 21164 mardi gras
167 21030 driving directions
168 20746 mariah carey
169 20646 kids
170 20513 a
171 20411 www.google.com
172 20161 bestiality
173 20148 pokemon
174 20141 booty
175 20047 mario
176 19997 firefox
177 19973 jessica alba
178 19804 tibia proxy
179 19792 free online games
180 19791 wallpaper
181 19766 system of a down
182 19644 lindsay lohans nipple
183 19634 denise richards
184 19616 brad pitt
185 19611 led zeppelin
186 19601 free music downloads
187 19559 horses
188 19459 alicia keys
189 19438 star wars
190 19350 puppies
191 19247 basketball
192 19230 cnn
193 19228 people
194 19180 olsen twins
195 19161 amazon
196 19142 spring break
197 19132 bukkake
198 19125 manga
199 19119 eva longoria
200 19065 super bowl

[JillJ]

Thanks for that Hack.   The mind boggles!

Jill

[Cedas]

remove drm from wmv?
that sounds painful what on earth does it mean?
Remove the drum from washing machine/vacuum?
Remove a dram from the whiskey malt vat?

[Black Sheep]

Thanks for that list Hack, it makes very interesting reading, looks like it may have been an urban myth.....

Mmmm I am still trying to guess and still interested to know how many are currently  researching their family history.

Black sheep

[Hackstaple]

remove drm from wmv?
that sounds painful what on earth does it mean?
Remove the drum from washing machine/vacuum?
Remove a dram from the whiskey malt vat?

A teenager of my acquaintance says that is something to with video files - removing some sort of protection so that you can download them.
Most of the list is dominated by teenager subjects as they have computers everywhere and lots and lost of leisure time.

[proteantime]

Is there something wrong with us if we find research titilating?