Nick Petche, Senior News Editor, said: "2012 was clearly the year of sport, with Brits swept up by the excitement of the London Olympics online.
"Gadget geeks searching for the latest iPhone and iPad saw technology searches hit the news headlines as well as our most searched list overall.
"However the newcomer to the search charts was Kindle - no doubt fuelled by its latest incarnation which introduces a full colour HD screen and video. It was also helped by the fascination around ebooks, particularly the bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey.
"It's also no surprise to see Kate Middleton making the top 10 – while those photos did increase her search ratings, her popularity has grown exponentially this year and I think we'll only see this continue looking ahead to 2013," he added.
Yahoo! accounts for just over three per cent of searches in the UK, behind Microsoft's Bing, on less than five percent, and market leader Google, which is used for more than 90 per cent of British searches.
The Top Ten of Everything 2012
1. Olympics
2. Liverpool FC
3. Kindle
4. Manchester United
5. Kate Middleton
6. iPad
7. Formula 1
8. Eastenders
9. iPhone 5
10. Arsenal
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