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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, Britney Spears is the most-searched person on Yahoo! for 2008, pushing US President-Elect Barack Obama into second spot.

Britney Spears has been the most popular search term and person for seven out of eight years, according to Yahoo! officials.

How many of those searches were aimed at finding those notorious photos of a crotch-flashing Spears getting in or out of cars is left to our imagination - not that much else was, if you get my drift.

And while Barack Obama won the presidential poll, he couldn't make it to number two spot on Yahoo!'s top of the pops. That went to the WWE (as in wrestling).

But Obama can take some consolation (not that he needs it) from knowing that despite coming third, he was the only male in the top 10 overall searches.

The other individuals were all female - Miley Cyrus (who first came to fame as Hannah Montana), Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, and Angelina Jolie.

So it should come as no surprise that in the Politician division, Sarah Palin was more searched for than John McCain. Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden didn't even make the cut.

What do they say about blonds having more fun?

Was there an search field where men were over-represented? Find out on page 2.

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Stephen Withers

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Stephen Withers is one of Australia¹s most experienced IT journalists, having begun his career in the days of 8-bit 'microcomputers'. He covers the gamut from gadgets to enterprise systems. In previous lives he has been an academic, a systems programmer, an IT support manager, and an online services manager. Stephen holds an honours degree in Management Sciences, a PhD in Industrial and Business Studies, and is a senior member of the Australian Computer Society.

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