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Craig second celebrity most searched

November 24, 2006
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New James Bond star Daniel Craig tops the most searched for celebrity last week, despite rave reviews for his performance in “Casino Royale”.

Craig was beaten to the top spot by current “I'm a Celebrity” contestant Faith Brown, according to vnunet.com.

The share of internet searches for 'faith brown' increased by searches for photos, in particular topless photos, according to Hitwise.

While the share of internet searches for 'daniel craig' increased by a factor of three in the past week and up by a factor of 38 in the past four weeks. After the term 'daniel craig' UK searchers were interested in pictures of Craig without clothes.

"After the term 'daniel craig' the top search term that included the actor's name was 'daniel craig naked'," Heather Hopkins, director of research for Hitwise UK, wrote on the Hitwise Analyst blog.

Searches for Craig outweighed those for Tom Cruise by a factor of six last week, despite his highly publicized wedding to Katie Holmes.

Paris Hilton came in at third place, just ahead Britney Spears.

With rumours circulating about the release of a sex-tape, internet searches for 'britney spears' spiked two weeks ago.

The Hitwise top 10 celebrity searches full list:

1. Faith Brown
2. Daniel Craig
3. Paris Hilton
4. Britney Spears
5. Belinda Emmett
6. Christina Aguilera
7. George Michael
8. Lil Chris
9. Beyoncé
10. Eminem

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