December’s ABCs of Search contains few surprises. President-elect Barack Obama continues a strong showing, but still can’t take the “B” slot. Last month’s winner Bebo yielded to Best Buy as the holiday season swung into full force. Other retailers making the list are the ever-present Amazon and eBay, joined by December newcomers Kohls, Lowes and Sears.
We’re also introducing the Names of Search feature this month. As with the ABCs of Search, Names is created on a vanilla PC install of a logged out Google account in Silver Beacon Marketing’s suburban D.C. offices.
Your December ABCs of Search:
| Single Word | Appearances | Replacing |
| amazon | 2 | |
| best buy | 1 | bebo |
| craigslist | 2 | |
| dictionary | 2 | |
| ebay | 2 | |
| 2 | ||
| 2 | ||
| hotmail | 2 | |
| imdb | 2 | |
| jennifer hudson | 1 | john mccain |
| kohls | 1 | kelly blue book (sic) |
| lowes | 1 | limewire |
| myspace | 2 | |
| nfl | 2 | next |
| obama | 1 | |
| photobucket | 2 | |
| quotes | 2 | |
| runescape | 2 | |
| sears | 1 | sarah palin |
| target | 2 | |
| utube | 2 | |
| verizon wireless | 2 | |
| wikipedia | 2 | |
| xbox360 | 1 | x factor |
| youtube | 2 | |
| zappos | 1 | zip codes |
December 2008’s Names of Search:
ADAM Sandler
AMY Winehouse
BRAD Pitt
BETH Moore [yes, I had to check too]
CHARLES Manson
COLLEEN Haskell
GEORGE Bush
MATT Damon
SARA Palin (sic)