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Football Tops Charts on TV Genius Search Engine

Wednesday, August 10, 2005, posted by Tom Weiss
TV Genius, the intelligent search engine for UK television, is releasing its first figures for the keywords UK viewers are searching for most on http://www.tvgenius.co.uk.

Top of the list is football, with Star Trek and Big Brother following closely behind. Brian Dowling is the most searched for celebrity (140th) with Peter Kay following (166th).

'Although about half the searches are for specific TV shows, a lot of themes and sports come high up the charts,' says Tom Weiss, inventor of the TV Genius. 'As well as the obvious searches for sex, we get a large number of searches for crime, cars and music, to give a few examples.'

He adds: 'Celebrities may seem to come surprisingly low in the search ratings but when people sign up for email or SMS reminders, it’s a completely different story: almost a fifth of the emails we send out are for when a specific star is appearing on TV.'

'Personal relevance is clearly the main factor. People are searching for their hobbies, favourite celebrities and personal interests. This is what they’re typing into the search box on http://www.tvgenius.co.uk and we can be sure it’s what they’re going to be watching.'

The top 50 TV Genius search terms are:

1 Football
2 Star Trek
3 Big Brother
4 Film(s)
5 Sex
6 The Bill
7 Eastenders
8 Science Fiction
9 Doctor Who
10 Rugby
11 Sport(s)
12 Coronation Street
13 Comedy
14 Top gear
15 Cricket
16 CSI
17 House
18 Porn
19 Emmerdale
20 ER
21 Lost
22 The Simpsons
23 Columbo
24 Extras
25 Science
26 24
27 Crime
28 News
29 Cars
30 Friends
31 Movie/s
33 Documentary
34 Scrubs
35 Baywatch
36 Desperate Housewives
37 Heartbeat
38 The Apprentice
39 Tour de France
40 Bad Girls
41 Documentaries
42 Gardening
43 Live8
44 Golf
45 Casualty
46 Liverpool
47 Enterprise
48 Cycling
49 Neighbours
50 Music