News that a homemade sex video featuring socialite heiress Paris Hilton with an ex-boyfriend existed sent users flocking to the Internet in search for information about Hilton and for a peek at the infamous "Paris Hilton sex video" itself.
According to Wordtracker, Paris Hilton sex video related searches (among them: "Paris Hilton video," "paris hilton," and "paris hilton sex tape") made up three of the top ten most popular searches on the Internet the week of Thanksgiving. The daily search numbers for related phrases at Google are impressive...
Paris Hilton Video - 5946
Paris Hilton tape - 1415
Paris Hilton sex video - 4145
Paris Hilton sex tape - 6325
Hilton has received some press recently around her new reality TV series which will be airing on the Fox network this winter and will follow Hilton and a friend as they attempt to live with a family of farmers in rural Arkansas, but the majority of news, and certainly the majority of Internet searches have revolved around the video-taped sex romp with ex-boyfriend Rick Solomon (former husband of Shannen Doherty) that was released to the public via the Internet.
As news of a Paris Hilton sex video spead, searches skyrocketed. News based sites carried information about the legal battle to keep the sex video from being released to the public, while entertainment based sites carried reaction from Paris herself. Celebrity magainze Us Weekly quoted Paris Hilton as saying that she has not seen the tape, nor does she want to. It also states that Hilton is deeply embarrassed by the release of the sex video.
Message boards and video sites buzzed with rumors of where to download the Paris Hilton sex video and about exactly what it contained. Interestingly enough, the rumors and searches around the Paris Hilton video may be jumpstarted once again this week. News.com.au is reporting that a second Paris Hilton tape, created shortly after her 22nd birthday features Hilton and Playboy Playmate Nicole Lenz playing with sex toys.
Searches for Paris Hilton related phrase have always been reasonably high and will likely continue to be. Hilton is the heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune and along with her sister Nicky, has been a favorite of tabloid news and paparazzi for years. Why? Well....no one really knows. Apart from having a famous last name and more money than she knows what to do with, the main thing that Paris Hilton is known for is showing up at every celebrity event and party known to man. In other words, Hilton is most well-known for being...umm...well-known.