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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The thought of Britney Spears without panties seems to have sent a lot of people to the Internet to look for the photos.
Spears tops the list of the top Internet searches on Yahoo this year. It's the fifth time she's topped the list in the past six years. She was briefly "dethroned" in 2004 by Paris Hilton.
She beats out WWE wresting, which is second, and Shakira at third.
Spears also tops the list of most-searched-for celebrities on Yahoo. Her first husband, Jason Alexander, also was the top "mover" search of November. "Movers" are search topics that suddenly see a huge jump in searches but then go away just as quickly. Search for Alexander may have been sparked by reports that he's writing a tell-all book about his marriage to Spears.
As for news stories, the death of Steve Irwin, the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son and the war in Iraq were the top Yahoo searches.
Spears also topped Google's list of popular searches for the week of Dec. 2.
All adult-themed searches are filtered out of the "most-searched" list.
Top 10 Overall Yahoo Searches
1. Britney Spears
2. WWE
3. Shakira
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Paris Hilton
6. American Idol
7. Beyonce Knowles
8. Chris Brown 9. Pamela Anderson 10. Lindsay Lohan
Top 10 Celebrity Searches
1. Britney Spears
2. Shakira
3. Jessica Simpson
4. Paris Hilton
5. Beyonce Knowles
6. Chris Brown
7. Pamela Anderson
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Jessica Alba
10. Mariah Carey
Top 10 News Story Searches
1. Steve Irwin death
2. Anna Nicole's son dies
3. Iraq
4. Israel and Lebanon
5. U.S. elections
6. Fidel Castro stroke
7. North Korea nuke
8. JonBenet confession
9. Saddam Hussein trial
10. Danish cartoon
Top 10 Celebrity Baby Searches
1. Suri Cruise
2. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt
3. Sean Preston Federline
4. Jayden James Federline
5. Kingston Rossdale
6. David Banda
7. Moses Martin
8. Grier Hammond Henchy
9. Barron William Trump
10. Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern
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