With the help of Google Insights for Research we are publishing the top 10 searched for phrases (minus the sexy stuff of course) by South Africans on Google over the previous seven days. A look at the fastest rising searches show the weather was top of mind for most South Africans as snow and heavy rain blanketed the country. The Olympics featured with searches for Caster Semenya and Usain Bolt making a bolt for it.
Fast Rising searches
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Note: Curiosity – name of Mars rover
Top 25 search terms
| 1. facebook |
| 2. google |
| 3. you |
| 4. youtube |
| 5. facebook login |
| 6.weather |
| 7. gumtree |
| 8. games |
| 9. olympics |
| 10. gmail |
| 11. news |
| 12. game |
| 13. yahoo |
| 14. absa |
| 15. fnb |
| 16. love |
| 17. olympics 2012 |
| 18. standard bank |
| 19. news24 |
| 20. sars |
| 21. whatsapp |
| 22. maps |
| 23. mxit |
| 24. cars |
| 25. samsung |
Source: Google Insights for Search
* The Insights for Search map is intended for general analysis of volume patterns.
* When you see Breakout listed instead of an actual percentage, it means that the search term has experienced a change in growth greater than 5000%.
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