Have you ever heard of Fred? As in Fred Figglehorn? Chances
are your kids have. The popular fictional character whose YouTube channel has
become a hit among kids ranks #9 on the top 100 search terms used by kids
according to Symantec. Other popular search terms include Michael Jackson,
Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, and the Black Eyed Peas’ song “Boom Boom Pow.”
Between February 2009 and July 2009, Symantec tracked a total of 3.5 million searches that were submitted by users of their OnlineFamily.Norton service. The list of search terms was ranked from those submitted most frequently to those submitted the least.
You can check out the full list here.
To my knowledge, there is no similar data on what kids from Quebec might be searching online this summer. However, the top 10 words are probably not that different – YouTube, Google, Facebook, MySpace and of course the cross-cultural obsession with ‘sex’, ‘porn’ and ‘Michael Jackson.’
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