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.
Sports again dominated the fastest rising search terms ranking with Caster Semenye, Usain Bolt, the PSL, Arsenal and the Olympics all in the Top 10 ranking.
(For past data click here)
Fast Rising searches
| 1. | caster semenya | +1,100% |
| 2. | usain bolt | +550% |
| 3. | psl | +140% |
| 4. | jacaranda | +100% |
| 5. | gmail account | +80% |
| 6. | gmail login | +60% |
| 7. | gumtree.co.za | +60% |
| 8. | arsenal | +40% |
| 9. | news 24 | +40% |
| 10. | olympics | +40% |
Top 25 search terms
1. facebook
2. youtube
3. google
4. facebook login
5. gumtree
6. gmail
7. lyrics
8. news
9. games
10. yahoo
11. game
12. weather
13. fnb
14. absa
15. standard
16. music
17. standard bank
18. olympics
19. sars
20. whatsapp
21. cars
22. maps
23. news24
14. mxit
15. twitter
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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