[Foundation-l] What? Why? Who?

Wed Aug 31 08:24:45 UTC 2005

On 28/08/05, Dan Grey <dangrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27/08/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > No, not a made up list. It's a list of "popular queries" which is what
> > they call it. That is very different from a claim that those are "most
> > searched for terms". They're popular ones, not the top ones.
> >
> 
> I've e-mailed both Google and the BBC asking for clarification. I'll
> let you know what (if anything) I hear back.

BBC reply:

Hi Dan, thanks for your email. The top searches are the
most-searched-for terms over an hour long period.

Best regards,

The BBC Search Team