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Top 20 Search Engine Typos Revealed

25.10.2006. 00:33

Hollywood starlets and female music artists dominate the list of most commonly misspelled internet searches, say data recently released ...

Hollywood starlets and female music artists dominate the list of most commonly misspelled internet searches, say data recently released by No. 2 search engine Yahoo.

In Yahoo's top 20 list, published on its Buzz blog, "Rachael Ray" (a US celebrity chef) is misspelled most commonly, followed closely by actress Scarlett Johansson and band Evanescence.

Barbra Streisand, Jaime Pressly, Britney Spears and Eva Mendes also feature prominently on the list.

Like most search engines, Yahoo is able to detect misspelled words and, in many cases, will suggest an alternative, more accurate, spelling.

"Thanks to our advanced computerised technology, we can catch most of your mistakes and provide you with the correct result," said Yahoo in the blog statement.

Yahoo's findings confirm by implication what many have suspected for some time: that the internet has fostered carelessness in written expression.

Research from comScore Networks, released in September, indicates that Yahoo is the second most popular search engine with 28.7 per cent of the US market. It trails Google, which boasts a 44.1 per cent share.

Yahoo's top 20 typos:

1. Rachel Ray (Correct spelling: Rachael Ray)
2. Tatoos (Tattoos)
3. Scarlett Johanson (Scarlett Johansson)
4. Wierd Al Yankovic (Weird Al Yankovic)
5. Evanesence (Evanescence)
6. Soduku (Sudoku)
7. Barbara Streisand (Barbra Streisand)
8. Louis Vitton (Louis Vuitton)
9. Jamie Presley (Jaime Pressly)
10. Jimmy Buffet (Jimmy Buffett)
11. Brittany Spears (Britney Spears)
12. Brittney Spears (ibid)
13. Anna Nichole Smith (Anna Nicole Smith)
14. Eva Mendez (Eva Mendes)
15. Jessica Beil (Jessica Biel)
16. The Biggest Looser (The Biggest Loser)
17. Jennifer Anniston (Jennifer Aniston)
18. Marie Antionette (Marie Antoinette)
19. Mercedez Benz (Mercedes Benz)
20. Micheal Jordan (Michael Jordan)

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