Filed under: New , Shameless Self Promotion What do AOL users search for? Check out this year's hottest searches! We break down the list to reveal the top searched politicians, celebrities, news, athletes and more. We also added some fun categories, such as top searched accidental celebrities )I'm very upset that Sanjaya is not the number one searched accidental celebrity!(. Plus, our friends at Truveo put together top video searches,

Filed under: Search Tips Thanksgiving is definitely my favorite holiday. I get to eat a lot without making any excuses and I don't have to worry about buying presents for the event or trying to stay awake when the ball drops at midnight. This year, I'll be hosting Thanksgiving and the pressure is on! First of all, hosting a dinner party is a rare occasion for me since I don't cook much. Secondly, I'll be feeding eight people and my dining table only seats four people.

Filed under: New , Shameless Self Promotion DMOZ just launched new blog! You can find it on http://blog.dmoz.org . According to Bob Keating, Managing Editor of DMOZ, the blog will be used to communicate authentic messages about DMOZ, highlight its enhancements, allow editors to showcase their categories, recruit new editors and get comments from DMOZ users. Check out his full post . Personally, I'm ecstatic with the launch of the new blog!

Filed under: Shameless Self Promotion We launched the new AOL Mobile Search Beta on Tuesday, August 14. Big congrats to the Mobile Search team! See what others say about it. To check it out yourself, enter wap.aol.com on your cell phone, and then select Search. GigaOM "...Unlike its previous mobile search offering, AOL folks have worked out an interface that requires minimal triple-tap typing. Using keywords and tabs,

Filed under: New , Shameless Self Promotion It's that time of the year again ... SES San Jose is right around the corner. We will not be giving away a Mini Cooper like we did at SES New York earlier this year, sorry! However, we'll still have good stuff to give away and talk about. AOL Search will be hosting a lunch on Tuesday, August 21 )second day of the conference(. This free event is open to all registered SES San Jose, but you you need to RSVP since space is limited.

Filed under: Search Tips Here at AOL Search , we try to make it super easy for you to find our search box. Check out some of these places to use AOL Search: 1. AOL Search home page ... duh! Just type in search.aol.com in your address bar: 2. AOL Toolbar If you don't have one already, you can download the AOL Toolbar at toolbar.aol.com . On the toolbar, you'll see a search box on the left: 3. AOL.com home page Just today, AOL.com launched its new, sleek look.

Filed under: Search Tips If you're a true Potterhead, you probably pre-ordered 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' the day it was available for pre-order. I remember checking out an online bookstore where this book made the number top selling book that week, just from people who pre-ordered the book. I myself pre-ordered the book the day it was available for pre-order, of course! After I went to see 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' this past weekend,

Filed under: Search Tips I can't wait until next weekend! You know it ... ' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' will be out in theaters on Wednesday, July 11th. I think I'll wait until the weekend to watch it, hopefully the crowd won't be too crazy then. Another movie in my list to watch this summer is ' Transformers.' I know there are a lot of new movies coming out this summer, but I'm cheap when it comes to movies.

Filed under: Shameless Self Promotion What would July be without a little piece of history? It can't all be about hot dogs, barbecue and fireworks! Danny Sullivan wrote a nice timeline on the history of AOL Search on Search Engine Land, all the way back to 1995. I've been in the search industry for a while, but I haven't been with AOL Search that long, so it's interesting to see how the product has evolved. Remember WebCrawler? And yep,

Filed under: New , Shameless Self Promotion The AOL Gadget team just released another AOL Search gadget, this time it's for Yahoo! users. Congrats, Gadget team! With the new AOL Search Gadget, you can search the Web easily from your desktop. You'll also see daily Hot Searches to see the latest hot topics. Download the gadget today and tell us what you think!

Filed under: New , Shameless Self Promotion , Search Tips For the 2nd time in a row, AOL Search is named the search engine that returns the safest results by McAfee . Okay, there's no formal award ceremony or anything, but this is great! Big kudos to our Product team :-( McAfee used its SiteAdvisor's automated Web site ratings to assess Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask on the safety of these five search engines' search results.

Filed under: Search Tips I don't know about you, but I've been glued to my TV every night. With the May sweeps, I can't wait to watch the season finales on Tivo! Who wants to come to the office the next day and hear the spoilers? I admit, I've done it to others, so I'll be good and keep my mouth shut this time. Anyway, if you're looking for TV show recaps, photos, episode previews or anything else about your favorite shows,

Let me just say I'm proud of AOLers. On Friday, over 1,200 AOLers volunteered to paint, clean up the environment, do some landscaping and more for local shelters and schools. Of course, AOL Search rolled up their sleeves and participated in the Servathon :( So thanks to the AOL Search team for taking the time out to volunteer at local communities. And thanks to Miriam for sending the pictures! Interested in volunteering?

Yeah, that's right, we moved again. So what? Change is good :( In my life, I've moved about 8 times. And each time, I made new friends and found great places. Besides the move, nothing else changed. On the official AOL Search blog ) searchblog.aol.com (, I'll still talk about product announcements, what's new with AOL Search and search tips to help you find what you're looking for. On the Hot Searches blog ) hotsearches.aol.com (,

Thanks to the wonderful gadget team at AOL, you can now download AOL Search Gadget for free . With the new AOL Search Gadget, you can use the search box right on your desktop and you also get the latest Hot Searches . Here's a screen shot of the AOL Search Gadget - check it out today ! Tags: AOL , AOL Search , search engines , search , web search ,

Last week, AOL launched it's AOL India portal . Big congrats to the AOL India team! And of course, there's a search box that you can use. It's at the top right hand side of the page. So you won't miss it, I've put a big red circle around it ;( With the search box on AOL.in, you can search for both text and images. You can also select to search the entire Web or India sites only. I did a search for Aishwarya Rai )yeah, I know a little bit about Bollywood!