According to Searchengineland.com Facebook is number one search query of 2011.. They looked at the top 1,000 search queries of 2011 and found that Facebook topped the list for the third year in a row.

Total Facebook had 4 of the highest 10 search terms for 2011, the identical as in 2010. Nonetheless queries volume for the collection of Facebook terms grew 33 percent vs. last year.

Social networking-associated terms dominated the outcomes, accounting for 4.18 p.c of the highest 50 searches. This is a rise of 12 % compared with 2010.

Top search queries of 2010 and 2011

According to Hitwise, the top 10 websites visited in the US were the following:

1. Facebook
2. Google
3. Youtube
4. Mail.yahoo.com
5. Yahoo
6. Bing
7. Search.yahoo.com
8. Gmail
9. Mail.live.com
10. MSN.com

The largest “mover” among the many high 10 queries and web sites was Myspace, which exited in accordance with its precipitous decline in traffic. There’s extra analysis of the year’s top search queries by category within the Hitwise blog post.

The fastest-moving search terms based on absolute change in 2011 included hurricane irene, bin laden wives, osama bin laden dead, les paul, nick ashford dies, apophis asteroid, sheen dumped, osama bin laden dead, hurricane irene path and amber cole.

Top public figure searches - Justin Bieber was the 92^nd most popular overall search term in the United States in 2011:

1. Justin Bieber (92)

2. Casey Anthony (178)

3. Kim Kardashian (193)

4. Nicki Minaj (210)

5. Selena Gomez (244)

6. Charlie Sheen (292)

Top personalities – the top five searches from within the Personalities category (sites focused on celebrities and stars):

1. Kim Kardashian

2. Glenn Beck

3.Rush Limbaugh

4. Robert Pattinson

5. Khloe Kardashian

Fastest-moving movie titles - the top five searches from within the Movies category:

1. Star Wars

2. Transformers 3

3. (Twilight) Breaking Dawn

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

5. Fast Five

Music – the top five searched-for artists/bands:

1. Lady Gaga

2. Justin Beiber

3. Beyonce

4. Taylor Swift

5. Chris Brown

Branded destinations - the top five search terms:

1. Disney World

2. Disneyland

3. Great Wolf Lodge

4. Walt Disney World

5. Universal Studios Orlando

Top TV show searches - the top five from the Television category:

1. American Idol

2. Young and the Restless

3. Dora the Explorer

4. Dancing with the Stars

5. Days of our Lives