Search engine Bing has put together a few top 10 lists of searches via Bing in 2012 in several categories, such as Most-Searched People of the Year -- Number One was Kim Kardashian -- and the following two: Top News Stories and Top Celebrity Events.
Top 10 News Story Searches
The list included several tech topics and well as a couple of entries that it's a questionable to call news -- Honey Boo Boo and Gangam Style? Really Bing?
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Launch of iPhone 5
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2012 U.S. Elections
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2012 Olympics
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Superstorm Sandy
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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Reality TV Show
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"Gangnam Style" Dance
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KONY 2012 viral film about Ugandan militia leader Joseph Kony, an indicted war criminal who uses child soldiers.
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Academy Awards
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Launch of the Kindle Fire HD
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Facebook's IPO (initial public offering)
Top 10 Celebrity Event Searches
It's all about the babies:
- Beyonce and Jay-Z'sbaby, Blue Ivy
- Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson'sbaby, Maxwell Drew
- Whitney Houston'sdeath
- Snooki and Jionni LaValle'sbaby, Lorenzo Dominic
- Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick'sbaby, Penelope Scotland
- Coachella music festival
- Rodney King'soverdose death
- Grammy Awards
- Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck'sbaby, Samuel Garner
- Academy Awards
LINK to all the Bing Top 10 search lists for 2012: http://tinyurl.com/c963lwa
