New Delhi: 'Oomph' factor does make the likes
of Katrina Kaif and Rakhi Sawant popular in online media, but
they have been beaten by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the
top newsmaker on the popular search engine.
According to Yahoo! India News, the leading online news
website, Rahul emerged clear winner in the newsmaker category,
followed by cricketers and Bollywood stars.
"Some of the key stories for Rahul to be the top
newsmaker for the year included pulling up the sagging
fortunes of the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, tirelessly
working towards making the Congress a youth-oriented party and
repudiate Manmohan Singh's offer to take a seat in Cabinet
amongst others," the company said in a statement.
Following Rahul Gandhi is Katrina Kaif who was in news
constantly for her movies and private life. Reality show star
Rakhi Sawant managed a fifth spot after Lalit Modi, cricket's
billion-dollar man who changed the face of the game and A R
Rahman, who made India proud by winning Oscars this year.
Based on the number of clicks registered for a particular
news item and time spent by users on the news page of Yahoo!
India, the website editorial team collated all the information
to come up with a list of top five newsmakers in 2009.
In the events category, among the most read on the
website are Delhi High Court verdict on gay rights, Mumbai
sea-bridge and the swine flu attack, the company said.
In the farewells category, top picks include Andhra
Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, Maharani Gayatri
Devi, pop legend Michael Jackson, famous British reality show
star Jade Goody and umpire David Shepherd.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, December 01, 2009, 19:26