Yahoo!7 Pulse

In what has now been dubbed 'Black Saturday', we take a look at the online Search activites this past month of the the deadliest wildfires in Australia's history - the Victorian bushfires which decimated entire communities. Shocked and horrified searchers tapped multiple bushfire related queries into the Search box as soon as news of the fires broke out. The intense interest continued unabated with more and more people turning to the net for bushfire updates and general information surrounding the raging flames.

Interest in the off-court antics of the high-ranking players has reached fever pitch in Search with people enthralled with the love matches off the court not to mention the fashion and fitness stakes of the Australian Open tennis players. Tennis fans were more consumed with love away from the net with interest peaking in the players off-court antics specifically who dated who, who's dating who and tennis players fashion and tennis players fitness tips.

You were curious about what the celebs were getting up to this Christmas. Well watch out! Girls, hold onto your men. Paris Hilton's heading down under for an Aussie Christmas. Your interest in Paris, Brangelina, TomKat and a range of celebs made us think we'd try to find out what we could about your celebrity Christmas lookups. After dropping off the Search radar for a time, online interest in Paris has piqued of late with queries such as ‘What’s Paris doing for Christmas’ on the rise. Her renewed buzz might have something to do with news of the recent break-in at her home where a thief made away with $2 million worth of her bling. The hotel heiress has consoled herself by ordering a Christmas present for worth around $200, 000 - a pink Bentley.

The best things in life are free. Recessionistas know it and are turning to the net to find shrewd ways to deal with the economic downturn. Recessionistas - a term coined for those savvy individuals who find a way to remain fashionably stylish at low-cost, have started a trend by tapping into their inner Scrooge to find penny-pinching methods but stil look like they have all the trappings.

You people sure know how to turn up the heat. We tapped into the Search box to check out your online hits and scorched our fingers pulling out your latest young, hot celebrity searches. Queries such as 'Vanessa Hudgens hot', 'Leighton Meester hot hot', come to the fore when we investigate your popular inquiries involving the word 'hot'.