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Where is _____? The Internet Lost and Found

July 31, 2008 11:37 AM

Along with finding lost Web sites, misplaced factoids and other pieces of forgotten information, some of us turn to search engines to discover where things are. From the Hitwise sample of 10 million Internet users, here are some of the top "where is" searches typed into search engines by U.S. Internet users:

1. Where is my stimulus check?

2. Where is Steve Bartman?

3. Where is Lichtenstein?

4. Where is my stimulus payment?

5. Where is my stimulas [sic] check?

6. Where is my tax refund?

7. Where is Heaven?

8. Where is Bahrain?

9. Where is the Grand Canyon?

10. Where is my liver?

Browsing through the top thousand "where is" queries makes it clear that many of us are still waiting to receive our tax refund checks. Why is Steve Bartman showing up in the No. 2 position? He was recently offered $25,000 to sign a picture of his moment of infamy (when, in reaching for a foul ball in game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship, he knocked the ball away from Cubs left fielder Moises Alou).

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