Steve Irwin among top 2006 Google searches
1:28PM Tuesday December 19, 2006
TV star and conservationist Steve Irwin was killed in September when a stingray barb pierced his chest while snorkelling in Queensland, Australia.
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was among the most popular subjects typed into the Google search engine in the United Kingdom this year.
A survey by the internet group found the life and death of Irwin was surpassed only by video searches - such as those found on YouTube.com - and queries about the soccer World Cup in the list of the UK's top 10 fastest-growing query subjects, British media report.
Irwin, who was killed in September when a stingray barb pierced his chest, also featured on the list of most searched-for celebrities.

Tom Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes was the most popular celebrity wedding among UK "Googlers", followed by the nuptials between Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban in Sydney.

Google examined billions of searches from the past year to create a snapshot of queries for its 2006 End of Year UK Zeitgeist.