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Most Searched Brands in UK

Hitwise today announced the top 10 most searched for brands in the UK from the last part of 2008. And the winner is… Yep, you guessed it, Facebook - receiving 52% more searches than second-placed YouTube.

Brand Republic reports, ‘the figures, which cover the 12 weeks preceding January 3, found that one in every 42 internet searches in the UK included the social networking site’s brand.’

1. Facebook (2.39%)
2. YouTube (1.57%)
3. eBay (1.25%)
4. Bebo (0.96%)
5. BBC (0.86%)
6. Amazon (0.47%)
7. Argos (0.44%)
8. Sky (0.27%)
9. Tesco (0.26%)
10. Yahoo! (0.26%)

Certainly no shockers in there however one year from now I suspect a few changes to that list. At the least, Twitter will be an addition with it already now one of the 100 most visited websites in the UK.