Third of Brits have ‘stalked’ celebs via Google Street View

Aug. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- One of Scotland’s leading double glazing, conservatory and door installers, http://www.centralscotlandjoinery.co.uk commissioned research with 1,193 people across the UK to discover which celebrity homes Brits ‘stalk’ the most via Google Street View.

With the controversy surrounding Google Street View, http://www.centralscotlandjoinery.co.uk conducted research to discover how much the British public use Google Street View and if they have ever used its service in an attempt to ‘stalk celebrities’.

The results show that more than a third, 34%, of Brits asked has used Google Street View at least once to search for their favourite celebrity’s home.
According to the study by http://www.centralscotlandjoinery.co.uk, the American President, Barack Obama’s White House is the most commonly searched for property, with 19% of the respondents admitting to searching on Google Street View for the White House.

When asked the multiple-answer question by Central Scotland Joinery ‘Which of the following celebrity homes have you tried to search for on Google Street View?’ the following are the top 10 most ‘stalked’ celebrity homes, by the percentage of Google Street View users that admitted to searching for the location:

1.       Barack Obama/White House - Washington DC– 19%
2.       Hugh Hefner - Los Angeles, USA– 17%
3.       Steve Jobs - California, USA – 16%
4.       David and Victoria Beckham - Hertfordshire, UK – 13%
5.       Simon Cowell - Beverley Hills, USA – 12%
6.       Bill Gates - Washington State, USA– 11%
7.       Jennifer Aniston - Malibu, USA – 8%
8.       Jay Z and Beyonce - Miami, USA – 8%
9.       Katie Price - Brighton, UK  – 7%
10.   Kate Moss - North London, UK – 6%  

16% of Street View users said they had searched for ex-partner’s houses via Google Street View, whilst 47% said they’d searched for their childhood house using the tool.
11% of those that admitted to searching for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion claim to have ‘stalked’ the celebrity more than 5 times. 23% of whom admitted that they hoped to ‘seeing a Playboy bunny’.

The study found that a fifth of the respondents that searched for Katie Price’s recently sold Brighton mansion were intrigued to see the property due to its exposure on television.
Jamie Haston, Managing Director of http://www.centralscotlandjoinery.co.uk has said,  
“I wasn’t too surprised to discover that 19% of the people we asked have had a nose at the White House, it is beautiful building. However I don’t encourage people ‘stalking’ celebrities via Google. No one wants to end up in court after all!”

He continues,

“I am sure it is just innocent curiosity when people have a search on Google for their favourite celebrity houses, and after all, our homes are there for people to search too!”
LINK: www.centralscotlandjoinery.co.uk

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