By Elinor Mills
Monday, December 17 2007 01:47 PM
URL: http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62035635,00.htm

Ask.com released its Top 10 list for Web search terms for 2007 and it was noteworthy as much for what made the list as for what did not.

Number 1 is MySpace, followed in order by: Dictionary, Google, Themes, Area Codes, Cars, Weather, Games, Song Lyrics, and Movies.

Google is in the third spot. It seems strange visitors would go to Ask.com and type in "google" to search for it.

The irony was not lost on Ask.com spokesman Nicholas Graham, who also insisted that adult or sex terms were not among the top search terms at Ask.

"It's an unvarnished list and item No. 3 (Google) is a testament to that," Graham said. "If other search engines ponied up their real deal, straight-forward lists of their own I suspect Ask would rank high."

Over at Yahoo, Britney Spears, did it again and tops Yahoo's most searched for terms list for this year. Google does not release a top search terms list and instead looks at fastest rising. The iPhone tops Google's list.

A Google representative said that if the company were to release a list of the most popular search terms it would probably look similar to Ask's list. Asked if it might also include the name of rival search engines and adult terms, the representative said she could not say without examining the search data.

A Yahoo representative did not immediately return a call and an e-mail seeking comment.

This article was originally a blog post on CNET News.com.