Poetry sites & Valentines

Poems beat out chocolates, flowers, and Valentines gifts in Web searches today, ClickZstats reports. "The search term, 'love poems,' grew 83% for the week ending February 11." What might be interesting to parents is that visitors to poetry sites a younger than the average Web users. ClickZ adds that "visitors to Poetry.com were 56% more likely be in the 18-24 age group. Visitors to LovePoemsandQuotes.com were 100 times more likely to be 18-24." Those two sites were Nos. 1 and 3 on the HitWise traffic chart. Others in the Top 10 were Netpoets.com, PoemsforFree.com, and Poets.org. The Lycos search engine reported, however, that "poker" beat out poetry by a long shot, WebProNews.com reports. "Valentine's Day" was No. 1 at Lycos.com, "poker" second, then "WWE," "Pam Anderson," "Britney Spears," "Super Bowl," and finally "Love Poems" at No. 7. At least poetry bested "Paris Hilton." [For more on kids and poker, see "Poker's rise" and gambling-related "Hot Topics" and "Give & Take" at Staysafe.org.]