In a year sparked by high profile divorces, talk show antics, and big name hook-ups, we have chosen Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as the hottest celebrity couple on the Internet in 2005.
The selection process was based on three statistics; the popularity of couple web pages on the Celebrity Couples Online website, the popularity of search engine keywords involving both members of a couple, as well as the length of time each celebrity was listed on the Yahoo! Buzz index. The Yahoo! Buzz index is a listing of the most popular search queries over the course of a given time period.
Visitors to the Celebrity Couples Online website visited the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie page 36% of the time. The next closest couple was Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban with 14%, followed by Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston with 12%.
Research performed into the popularity of keywords used on major search engines show that the singing couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey was a definite contender. They have received a lot of buzz up late due to their recent divorce. A similair spike occured earlier in the year for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
Although Britney Spears was the most searched for celebrity in 2005 according to Yahoo, Pitt and Jolie were still searched for more as a couple.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have both been regular fixtures on the Yahoo! Buzz index throughout all of 2005. They have continued to create news since the start of the relationship.
Here is the final list in order of ranking.
1. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
2. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
3. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston
4. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
5. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman
6. Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson
7. Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon
8. Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz
9. Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz
10.Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore