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Are people waking up to the idea that exercise is the best way to lose weight? Maybe. Traditionally, Internet searches for burning off those holiday pounds spike the first week of the year. But this year, according to Hitwise, there’s been an increase in gym interest and a decline in search queries involving the keyword “diet.”

Every SEO-type person knows that it's best to be above the fold on the first page of search results.  A new study in which Yahoo, iProspect, and JupiterResearch were all involved drives this point home, however, and then offers a few less-common tips on how to gain a good position.

The scarce Nintendo Wii ranked as the most searched-for item during the holidays, while Ugg boots drew the most luxury item queries.

Now, I don't have any numbers to back this up, but I'd bet America has more chain restaurants than anywhere else, and quite the variety of them. But when it comes to sought-after chain restaurant recipes, only six of them have us searching.

Popular searches for consumer electronics, medical information, and NFL players now generate Yahoo Shortcuts in the search engine's results pages.

You see, as a man, not to be chauvinist, or sexist, or to not allow for exceptions to the rule, my interest in knitting is about as intense as my interest in, say, what shoes somebody's wearing (unless they're those killer liquor compartment sandals). So imagine my surprise when I found out knitting is all the rage these days, and the people they be a-searchin' for information about it. Searchers Up For Wild Knitting Nights

When news of a major pet food recall got out, pet owners hit the search engines over the weekend worried about their furry best friends. One dog, nine cats. That's the death toll so far in a mysterious outbreak of kidney failure linked to Menu Foods, Inc.'s various pet foods distributed by well-known grocers like Kroger, Safeway, Wal-Mart, and PetSmart.

Okay, no boob jokes. And we're not going to talk about a certain American Idol hopeful that overstayed her welcome just because a bunch of randy teenagers kept voting for her after naughty (and weird) pics surfaced on the Web. Absolutely not. We are, however going to talk about Kellie Pickler's blue dress – and what was in it. Why are we talking about Kellie Pickler? Because Friday's afternoons are for funny, fluffy softball search stories. The background: