The Buzz Log What’s hot on Yahoo! Buzz™ (and why)...

We don't know who the people are behind buybritneyshair.com, but these hair-snatching hucksters sure know how to drum up buzz. Searches for the site leapt 500% yesterday. Britney being the pop-star-slash-train-wreck that she is, though, the buzz doesn't stop there.

In the days since the Cajun chanteuse sheared her head, tattooed her body, and bounced in and out of help clinics, interest in everything from "britney spears rehab" to "britney spears bald pictures" has surged. We're logging spikes on her wig, her car, her haircut, and the question "why did britney shave her head." If only Search knew. Our favorite query, though, has to be "bald britney." We like a no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point kind of search.

Never content to be left out of a tabloid spectacle, Paris Hilton has clawed her way into the story through boosts in "britney spears paris hilton party." That's predictable. But the sudden spike in "sinead o'connor" took us by surprise. Apparently, thoughts of one shaved female cranium lead to another. Thankfully, Britney has not yet encountered any photographs of the Pope.

Really, we should know better than to be surprised by anything related to the Britney buzz juggernaut. After all, these searches simply join the other still-spiking (!) references to the starlet's lingerie-free rampages. Demand for "britney no panties," "britney upskirt," and "britney spears pantyless" continues to surge. People, that was so months ago. Please.