"UFO Photos" among top searches on Yahoo today! *Now Removed*

I was kind of shocked to see at the bottom of my Yahoo homepage that UFO Photos was the #3 "Today's top searches"! See screenshot below.

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It seems the public interest in UFO's is increasing. Is there something I am missing that would have this be one of the most popular searches today?

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[edit on 2-7-2009 by MysterE]

And as quickly as it came... It is now gone. Very interesting

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/be2f04ffd21a.jpg[/atsimg]

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reply to post by MysterE


All of the top 10 changed. Just shows the Yahoo crowd are a fickle bunch.

reply to post by Phage


No kidding! I was just trying to find out how often they update the "Today's Top Searches" part of their website. It may have been a carry over from yesterday.

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Originally posted by MysterE
And as quickly as it came... It is now gone. Very interesting

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/be2f04ffd21a.jpg[/atsimg]

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Garrison Keillor? Really?

reply to post by fls13


That didn't make a whole lot of sense to me either! It's funny that people are more interested in him then e-coli!

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I don't think those are real searches by people. I personally think they are made up to direct you to links that will have key advertising on them...that is how they make a majority of their money.

Originally posted by CaptGizmo
I don't think those are real searches by people. I personally think they are made up to direct you to links that will have key advertising on them...that is how they make a majority of their money.

Eh. Not sure about that. I clicked on E.coli and it took me to a search result page that was no different than if I just typed in E. Coli in the search bar. Same exact results.

reply to post by greeneyedleo


Yes but was there any advertising at the top or anywhere on that page....usually there is.

They went to Google for UFO images like we all do.
They get posted here all categorized by date and put in a zip link.
Yeah I got them.
ED: Just a thought, Yahoo knows your search favorites, via cookies,
and stuck UFO in the list just to get you to stay on Yahoo.


[edit on 7/2/2009 by TeslaandLyne]