MetaCrawler Top Search Terms: May 1998

MetaCrawler Top Search Terms: May 1998

Below are the most active keywords searched for on go2net's MetaCrawler, the web's most-used metasearch tool. MetaCrawler searches AltaVista, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, and Yahoo simultaneously. The terms are provided by go2net. For further information, and for permission to use this information, please contact [email protected].

Top Gainers

The chart below shows the top 15 keywords which have risen the most on MetaCrawler from the previous month.

(Note: MetaCrawler does not yet report search phrases. For example, the list will not show how many times people searched for "Lost In Space," though individual words such as "lost" and "space" might appear apart from each other. The commentary below the chart makes some educated guesses at popular search terms that may have occurred.)

No matter how you slice it, "godzilla" shows that size did matter in May. As for stamina, "viagra" was a notable entry. The phrase "deep impact" can readily be found, and could numerous people be looking for "miss may?" Both "sinatra" and "seinfeld" show an interest in passings.

Top Losers

The chart below shows the top 15 keywords which have dropped the most on MetaCrawler from the previous month.

"IRS tax forms" or "income tax forms" and probably "internal revenue forms" were no longer a worry for American searchers after the April 15 filing deadline passed, thus an predictable decline in May. "Graham," as in "Heather Graham" of Lost in Space also dropped after that movie's buzz wore off. The same was true for "lost," part of the movie's title. Kate Winslet of Titanic fame also saw a decrease.