Yahoo!7 Pulse

It's tax return time folks and while some look forward to the prospect of a robust tax refund at the end of the financial year, others descend into a maelstrom of panic, anxiety and fear.

Christianity remains the religion of choice in Australia, more than half of Australian homes are online, women do more housework than men, we are an ageing population, earn more money yet are increasingly living on our own and becoming lonelier the 2006 Census revealed today.

Imagine being yourself but a so-called new and improved version of it. Imagine Second life, a 3D virtual world populated by avatars and orchestrated by you and other 'residents'.

It must be confusing to be Prince William if the Media portrayal of his life is anything to go by. One moment he's going steady with his sweetheart Kate Middleton and on the verge of engagement, the next minute he's supposedly only involved with Kate to deflect attention from his true love, Jessica Craig, the daughter of a wealthy Kenyan conservationist, not to mention a string of other would-be princesses.

As the weather turns cold, most of us slam the search box with our favourite travel queries.

As momentum builds over the Erica Baxter and James Packer wedding, we'll take a peek at recent celebrity weddings and impending nuptials which have attracted the most emotional commentary and interest.

As NSW residents braced themselves for yet another severe storm overnight, Weather related searches provided a snapshot of concerns for this Winter.

It's reality TV mania in Australia. Searches on reality TV shows rise with the popularity of this flourishing TV genre. Interest in this brand of TV never wanes.

We can't deny that with a 338% spike in searches on a normal day in Lindsay Lohan's life, this "It girl" steadily scores strong pulse.

Paul Sculfor has attracted phenomenal Pulse with a 941.6% spike in searches for Jennifer Aniston's new man, a brickie-cum male model who many are calling a Brad Pitt clone.

Limber legs, pouty lips and vacuous stares aside, Models are back in the Search limelight. Looking back to last month it was Miss Universe images getting all the attention, now it's the search for Australia's Next Top Model which has spiked 760%.

Few would have forgotten the horror ride that was the Ghost train at Sydney's Luna Park over two decades ago. Pulse pundits were freshly aghast at news of a cable car plunging 50 metres to the ground past the world's tallest outdoor seated bronze Buddha statue this week.

The Hunter Valley floods & Central Coast floods gathered up phenomenal Pulse in what has been dubbed the worst NSW storm in a decade. There was as much drama as a disaster movie after cars piled on top of cars, gaping holes opened up in roads, Public Transport was thrown into chaos, power was cut to thousands of homes.

Top image searches on the Antipodean front saw Logie award-winning actress and model Jodi Gordon catapulted to the top of the hottest pic searches. The actress has attracted a 1280% spike in searches over the past week. Whether its news of her real-life or TV character's heartfelt grief or dalliances, this Home and Away celebrity does not fail to keep the beat on Pulse.

The Pulse on Paris Hilton is as strong as ever these days, and Paris Hilton's three day stint in jail did not go unnoticed by the pundits or the people. International outrage ensued when a Sherrif decided to place Paris under house arrest for a rash and/or psychological problems depending on who you talk to.