Expert: Pat Dunlap - 9/12/2005

Question
Hi Pat

I just wanted to check whether or not you had received my question from just over a week ago where I was looking for input on the most popular web searches. Do you have any suggestions on how I can find information on this?

Thanks so much.


Answer
Dennis, I am surprised that my response did not get to you since I replied on the same day, 25 Aug.  On allexperts.com we have only three days to respond or a notice is sent to us.  I was not notified, so the answer must have gotten lost.  Anyway, here's what I said then.  If you need more assistance, let me know.  Pat

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And, greetings back from Clarksville, Maryland, Dennis.

Here's something probably similar to the Lycos Top 50:
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

I would then use Google on keywords like:
studies popular cultures
or
studies popular trends
and looking through the hits, I'd watch for other keyterms to adjust the search to what you are looking for. That last piece of advice is probably the most important for any kind of search you might do. Doing that search and you should continue it,
I find this to possibly be very useful:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/yppop.html

Good luck with the surfing on this. Regards, Pat aka Patrick