In past two days together Google and Yahoo has announced the most popular searches. Both Search engines have divide criteria for selecting the most popular searches.

According To yahoo
"To come up with the Top Trends of 2007, we examine search queries based on a number of factors, including complete volume and growth versus previous periods, to see which themes and trends bubble to the surface. And of course, individual users and their searches stay anonymous."

Here are the top searches in yahoo for 2007. They like it in a categorized method LINK



Since Google prefer the Video Way, here are the Google Top Searches as per TechCrunch. You can watch VP of Search and User skill Marissa Mayer of Google revealed the "fastest rising U.S. search terms" here. LINK
1. iphone
2. webkinz
3. tmz
4. transformers
5. youtube
6. club penguin
7. myspace
8. heroes
9. facebook
10. anna nicole smith

And here are several Predictions that were made for 2007. Compare them with those trends by yahoo and Google and look for yourself.