Everyone likes to write a trends story this time of year. Well maybe not everyone, as we've received a few emails from writers saying they like to stay away from such speculation. Why not have some fun?

In a sure to succeed PR move, the search engines have all released their top search terms of the year.

Maybe that is the reason why your new SEO tool just told you too add the word "Britney Spears" 18 more times to fully optimize your release.

As John Battelle notes, it must be especially hard for Ask.com to reveal their top 10. The reason? Number three is "Google."

To check out Yahoo's top searches, click here.

For Google, go here.