What did we search for the last ten years? As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at the first decade of the 00's and see what we, the Web community at large, searched for online. The results here are pulled from a handpicked variety of search engines and search lists, and represent the most searched for topics over the longest period of time. Keep reading for the Top 25 Searches of the Decade.

Got a precious package you need to track this holiday season? You can do this easier than ever before using the Web. Here's a couple ways you can accomplish this:

Use Google. Type in the tracking number of your UPS, Fedex or USPS package and Google will be able to tell you where it's at, approximately. Neat!

Use specific package tracking sites. UPS: Tracking Information, USPS - Track & Confirm, DHL: Track (By number), FedEx Tracking all make it easy for you to track that package.

Use a meta-tracking site. More of these all-in-one package tracking sites are popping up all the time; try isnoop,TrackThePack, PackageMapper.com, TrackThis, Boxoh, or PackageTrackApp.

More Web mail utilities and resources

• How To Find Free Email Accounts
• Use the Web for Package Tracking
• Five Ways to Send a Free Fax Online

You know all those chores on your list that need to be done today? Getting the Christmas lights up, baking 12 dozen cookies, frantically signing 124 holiday cards....yeah, those can wait. Here's the news this week from the world of Web search:

• Google Finance streams real-time news: Easy access to up to the minute financial stats.
• Bing announces a ton of stuff: Maps, mobile apps, a neat toolbar, and visual search. Worth a look.
• Yahoo, Microsoft Close Search Deal: The official conclusion of their search deal announced in July.
• Bing's Top Searches of 2009: Bing has released their top searches of 2009; trending topics can be accessed here, the complete list is also available.
• Top Yahoo Searches of 2009: Yep, it's that time of year again; Yahoo's top searches include Michael Jackson, Twilight, and WWE.
• AOL's top searches of 2009: Another end of the year search list, this time from AOL.
• Top Questions of 2009 from Ask.com: This is definitely a bustling time of year for those end of the year lists; in addition to Yahoo, Bing, and AOL, Ask has released the top questions that people have asked of the search engine in 2009.

Did I miss something? Let us know in the comments!

The long winter break for school kids is almost upon us, and one way to keep them busy is to print out a few Christmas word searches. Here's how you can find high quality printables for kids year round:

• Navigate to your favorite search engine. These search modifiers will work in Google, Yahoo, Ask, and (most of the time) in Bing.
• Next, type in intitle:"christmas word search" inurl:"christmas" filetype:pdf. This brings up results that have Christmas Word Search in the title of the page, Christmas in the URL, and the results are all .pdf files, ready to print out.
• You can modify this, easily. Try intitle:"word search" filetype:doc. This opens up your search to all kinds of word search puzzles, all of them in MS Word format.
• Let's try one more. How about intitle:"christmas word search" (doc|pdf). This REALLY narrows your search down; you'll only get results with the words "christmas word search" in the title, and the filetypes will only be Word documents or PDF files.

More resources for Christmas word searches

• Printable Word Searches on the Web
• Christmas Word Search Puzzle
• Twelve Days of Christmas Printables