In tune with the fast approaching festive season, the Lycos portals
and search engine this week published its take on the top gift searches
its facilities have handled, and judging by the results you won't
go far wrong in getting poker-related presents for your near and dear
ones.
The top 10 of the 50 most popular Internet search results for the
week ending Nov. 18, 2006 looked like this:
1) Poker
2) Pokemon
3) iPod
4) Neopets
5) Barbie
6) Harry Potter
7) Blackjack
8) Baccarat
9) Bratz
10) Playstation 3
Poker and specific poker-related items like poker chips top the 2006
list of most-searched toys with web users for the second consecutive
year. Online interest in poker jumped 316 percent over the past year,
generating 308 percent more searches than the second most popular
toy, Pokemon. Searches for Pokemon have increased 169 percent from
2005, as it overtakes Playstation as the second most popular toy with
web users in 2006.
Gaming consoles, while still popular, see a decrease in search activity
in 2006, with Playstation falling to number 10 on this year's list.
Search interest in Playstation declined 14 percent since this time
in 2005, while searches for Xbox dropped 17 percent, and Nintendo
fell 25 percent. However, for the sixth straight year, Playstation
remains more popular than all other gaming platforms, generating 119
percent more search interest than the Xbox 360, and 497 percent more
popular than Nintendo.
Making its second consecutive appearance is Apple's iPod, as searches
jump 17 percent over the past year, with the iPod Nano and iPod Video
generating the bulk of the search activity. If web search activity
is any indication, the iPod Nano will be more popular this holiday
season, generating 471 percent more searches than the iPod Video.