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The complicated private life of Janet Jackson, the American R&B star with the accident-prone wardrobe, generated the most momentous news stories of 2005, according to the Google search engine.
Rampant speculation over a rumoured lovechild and the internet release of a naked sunbathing video combined to propel the singer into an object of greater interest to web-surfers than Hurricane Katrina or the Asian tsunami.
The singer even put her big brother Michael's turbulent year - during which he was cleared in a high-profile child sex case - into the shade.
The team at Google who compile the annual Zeitgeist list from billions of search queries believe that it is rapidly becoming a barometer of the world's "curiosity and desires".
Ms Jackson's appearance at the head of the list has raised eyebrows during a year which also saw the London bombings, the death of Pope John Paul II, endless revelations over the Iraq war, the global threat of bird flu, and Toga, the lost penguin.
Google has this year not released a list of the most frequently searched terms overall, compiling instead leagues for searches in its news, image and froogle (shopping) offshoots.
The biggest climber was myspace.com, the blogging and picture website bought by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Times Online's parent company News International. Other big climbers included Wikipedia, iTunes and Baidu, the Chinese search engine.
There was further misery for Jennifer Aniston. Not only has the former Friends star slipped off the rankings, but her ex-husband Brad Pitt is in at number six - on top of his new lover Angelina Jolie.
Most searched news terms:
1. Janet Jackson
2. Hurricane Katrina
3. tsunami
4. xbox 360
5. Brad Pitt
6. Michael Jackson
7. American Idol
8. Britney Spears
9. Angelina Jolie
10. Harry Potter
Froogle top searches:
1 ipod
2. digital camera
3. mp3 player
4. ipod mini
5. psp
6. laptop
7. xbox
8. ipod shuffle
9. computer desk
10. ipod nano
Biggest gainers from 2004:
1 Myspace
2. Ares
3. Baidu
4. wikipedia
5. orkut
6. iTunes
7. Sky News
8. World of Warcraft
9. Green Day
10. Leonardo da Vinci
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