Well Black Friday has came and gone. I didn’t hear about any shopping websites down today, but I know these websites were generating some huge traffic numbers today. Most shoppers probably went to the malls and local department stores. Those that didn’t want to brave the crowds or find parking places Friday, did their shopping online. I was curious to see the top things people were searching for on Friday and indeed “Black Friday” was the number 1 thing Yahoo users were typing into the search engine. Here are some other things that made the top 10 list on searches at Yahoo on Black Friday:

1. Black Friday

2. Leftover Turkey Recipes

3. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

4. Zhu Zhu Pets

5. Pizza

6. Oprah Winfrey

7. Movie Reviews

8. Printable Coupons

9. Flight Tracker

10. Space Shuttle Atlantis

Most of these are shopping related and you’re probably not aware of it. Obviously it’s easy to see how printable coupons would be shopping related, but what about pizza? Lots of people spend all their energy shopping, so they don’t feel like preparing a good dinner or supper. This means the pizza delivery places come into play and lots of business on Black Friday for pizza companies and pizza owners. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, some families will already start using the stove and ovens in the house for the next day and the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is another popular day to order pizza for delivery or take out.

Black Friday is so popular that NASA had to send the Space Shuttle Atlantis back to Earth today, so the astronauts could take advantage of the shopping deals Friday. Okay, I might be reaching just a bit there, but you get my drift. I see Zhu Zhu Pets ranked 4th on the search engine searches at Yahoo. I don’t know what these pets are about, but I wonder if it’s a Christmas gift that will be popular this year? I haven’t never heard of these Zhu Zhu Pets, so please let me know some information if you know more about these types of pets.

If you have seen the new movie 2012, please let me know how you liked this movie. This wraps up my thoughts on the popular searches for our Black Friday in 2009.