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"The US presidential election, Apple&amp;#039;s iPhone 5 and Kim Kardashian were the top three most searched terms on Yahoo worldwide in 2012, it has been announced.  In the UK, Kate Middleton unseated Tulisa Contostavlos as the most searched celebrity, although the X Factor judge was a new entry on the list.  Last year&amp;#039;s top celebrity, former X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, was bumped to third place, according to a year-review report published by the search engine giant.   The US election dominated the world searches on Yahoo, with the term &amp;#039;election&amp;#039; beating Apple&amp;#039;s new smartphone, the &amp;#039;iPhone 5&amp;#039;, into second place. &amp;#039;Political polls&amp;#039; also ranked in eighth place.  Kim Kardashian was third on the list, ahead of model Kate Upton and also the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. Whitney Houston, the singer who passed away in February, was the sixth most searched term on Yahoo.  Top Searches overall on Yahoo in 2012: 1. election 2. iphone 5 3. kim kardashian 4. kate upton 5. kate middleton 6. whitney houston 7. olympics 8. political polls 9. lindsay lohan 10. jennifer lopez The London 2012 Olympics was unsurprisingly the top UK search term on Yahoo in 2012, followed by Liverpool FC, Amazon Kindle and then Manchester United.  Despite being second in the world list, Apple&amp;#039;s iPhone 5 only managed second place on the list, although the iPad tablet computer came in sixth.  1. Olympics 2. Liverpool FC 3. Kindle 4. Manchester United 5. Kate Middleton 6. iPad 7. Formula 1 8. Eastenders 9. iPhone 5 10. Arsenal   Kate Middleton was the most searched-for celebrity on Yahoo in the UK, rising from third place in 2011. Tulisa Contostavlos came second, followed by last year&amp;#039;s top celebrity Cheryl Cole and Kim Kardashian, who climbed from tenth place.  Boyband sensation One Direction were a new entry at number six and Prince Harry - the subject of a press furore this year over naked pictures of him posted on the internet - was another debutant at number seven. 1. Kate Middleton (#3) 2. Tulisa Contostavlos 3. Cheryl Cole (#1) 4. Kim Kardashian (#10) 5. Robin Gibb 6. One Direction 7. Prince Harry 8. Whitney Houston 9. Rihanna (#10) 10. Holly Willoughby (#14) The most frequently asked question on Yahoo UK in 2012 was &amp;quot;how to make money&amp;quot;, followed by &amp;quot;Who unfollowed me?&amp;quot;, referring to the process of losing followers on microblogging site Twitter.  Also in the list was &amp;quot;who killed Frank Foster?&amp;quot; referring to a storyline on Coronation Street, and &amp;quot;what is a pleb?&amp;quot;, referring to the alleged comments of an MP about a policeman.  The most-asked questions on Yahoo UK search in 2012: 1. How to make money 2. Who unfollowed me? 3. How to lose weight 4. When do the clocks go back? 5. How to write a CV 6. When is Easter? 7. Who killed Frank Foster? 8. What is my IP address? 9. What is a pleb? 10. How to claim PPI yourself   Apple dominated the most top-searched gadgets list on Yahoo Worldwide in 2012, with its new products, the iPhone 5, iPad 3 and iPad Mini, ranking as the top three most searched tech terms.  But man rival Samsung also fared well, with three of its mobile devices ranking in the top ten.  Top-searched gadgets on Yahoo in 2012: 1. iPhone 5 2. iPad 3 3. iPad Mini 4. Samsung Galaxy S3 5. Kindle Fire 6. iPhone 4 7. Nook 8. iPod touch 9. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10. Samsung Galaxy Note   Yahoo also revealed that the iPhone 5 was the biggest &amp;#039;obsession&amp;#039; of the Yahoo worldwide audience in 2012, beating &amp;#039;political polls&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;The Hunger Games&amp;#039;, erotic novel &amp;#039;Fifty Shades of Grey&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;One Direction&amp;#039; and smash hit song &amp;#039;Gangnam Style&amp;#039;.  Top-Searched Obsessions on Yahoo! in 2012: 1. iPhone 5 2. political polls 3. megamillions. 4. the hunger games 5. honey boo boo 6. fifty shades of grey 7. one direction 8. call me maybe 9. gangnam style 10. titanic The Big Bang Theory was the most search-for TV show overall on Yahoo; &amp;#039;Call Me Maybe&amp;#039; by Carly Rae Jepson was the most searched song/music lyrics; and What is SOPA was the most-searched question, referring to the controversial US anti-web piracy legislation that was put on hold earlier in the year.  The Kate Middleton topless photos controversy was the most searched-for scandal on Yahoo, ahead of the Jackson family fight and the doping scandal surrounding cyclist Lance Armstrong.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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