"replacing last year's favorite, Nostradamus"

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the top searched people of 2002, as per aol's search engine:

In 2002, Eminem became the most searched man on the Internet, replacing last year's favorite, Nostradamus, who did not even make the list. Following Eminem are: 2.) Nelly; 3.) Josh Hartnett; 4.) Vin Diesel; 5.) Lil Bow Wow; 6.) R Kelly; 7.) Tupac Shakir; 8.) Ja Rule; 9.) Shane West; 10.) Usher.

For the second year in a row, Britney Spears is the most sought after female on the Internet. In fact, the top four women in the category stayed the same from 2001 to 2002, including: 2.) Oprah; 3.) Jennifer Lopez; and 4.) Martha Stewart. Rounding out the Top 10 are: 5.) Pamela Anderson; 6.) Avril Lavigne; 7.) Aaliyah; 8.) Ashanti; 9.) Shakira; and 10.) Christina Aguilera.

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:46 (twenty-three years ago)

who is shane west?

also you think all those tupac searchers got confused by their rampant misspelling of his name?

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Poor Nostradamus.

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, some of the Shakira ones could be Tupac fans!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Georges win when it comes to Bush family favorites. When searching on America's first family, more people looked for "George Bush," (presumably both George Senior and George W.) than any other family member. Jeb Bush is second, followed by: 3.) Laura; 4.) Noelle; 5.) Jenna; 6.) Barbara; and 7.) Lauren."

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were the most searched pair on AOL, followed by: 2.) Regis and Kelly; 3.) Opie and Anthony; 4.) Bob and Tom; 5.) Adam and Eve; 6.) Romeo and Juliet; 7.) Beauty and the Beast; 8.) Lewis and Clark; 9.) Don and Mike; and 10.) Brooks and Dunn."

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

SHOCKAH

Making a big leap from number 117 last year to number one in 2002, the band b2k came from behind to take the top spot in AOL's Most Searched Bands category. They were followed by: 2.) Incubus; 3.) Linkin Park; 4.) 'N SYNC; 5.) Sublime; 6.) Ludacris; 7.) Good Charlotte; 8.) Slipknot; 9.) Blink 182; 10.) tlc.

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:52 (twenty-three years ago)

5.) Sublime

WTF???

― Aaron W, Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I want a list that charts every name, like on Amazon where you can be ranked two-billionth. (This wouldn't work for most people, who share their name with others, I know, but I'm the only person with my real name.)

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:56 (twenty-three years ago)

so nelly was the #2 most searched male but he doesn't place in music?

I SMELL A FIX

― maura (maura), Thursday, 12 December 2002 21:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Nelly (and Britney, come to that) needs to become a band, like Ludacris.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 12 December 2002 22:11 (twenty-three years ago)

where am i?

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 12 December 2002 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Kindergarten?

― , Thursday, 12 December 2002 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

i retire in the face of the funniest post ever written

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 12 December 2002 22:50 (twenty-three years ago)

i bet Nostradamus didnt see that coming

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 13 December 2002 01:21 (twenty-three years ago)

who are:
1)shane west
2)martha stewart
3)opie & anthony
4)bob & tom
5)lewis & clark
6)dan & mike
7)brooks & dunn
8)b2k
9)sublime
10)good charlotte?????????????

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 13 December 2002 10:14 (twenty-three years ago)

and can we blah them?

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 13 December 2002 10:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Good old Bob, I knew he'd come through for me.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 13 December 2002 10:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Good Charlotte are a new ska-pop-punk band, big with my lass and her student pals...hmmmm....

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 13 December 2002 13:46 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

the hell, stevem?? "a new ska-pop-punk band"??

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 26 May 2003 22:51 (twenty-three years ago)

And yet no-one has addressed the question WHO IS SHANE WEST?

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Well I didn't see you offering a better description!

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:28 (twenty-three years ago)

s'ok I've goggled now, he's some guy who was in a film or something

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:30 (twenty-three years ago)

phew, glad I know now

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:30 (twenty-three years ago)

cos I was starting to worry. y'know? Maybe Shane West is this incredible child-saving superman and I'm horribly out of the loop on not knowing who he is. in fact, maybe not knowing who he is means I will be HATED BY THE INTERNET, which would obviously be awful because before you know it I might be turning to religion or something in order to provide the STRUCTURE I CLEARLY NEED. But as it turns out he's a bloke whjo was in a moderately mediocre film, and now I can sleep easily.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I think we all feared googling for ourselves because we didn't want to rise his star EVEN HIGHER in next year's poll. For all we know, that's why he was so high, millions of people going, "Wait, who the fuck is this Shane West?" and then searching for him.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:44 (twenty-three years ago)

having served to contribute further to the clearly evanescent religion gathering about The West (or "Shaney", as I like to think of him) all I can do is scream mea maxima culpa, if only I was 5han3 w3st all would be well. Or what have you.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Proof that AOL is for idiots even to this day.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 01:04 (twenty-three years ago)

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