With the help of Google Trends 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.
News on Hurricane Sandy which hit the US East Coast last week dominates the list of fast rising searches for last week. The end of 1time also 
makes a local news break-through.
Fast rising searches
| hurricane sandy latest | Breakout |
| new york hurricane | Breakout |
| sandy hurricane update | Breakout |
| hurricane sandy | +4,350% |
| sandy | +2,950% |
| movember | +850% |
| cnn | +350% |
| new york | +350% |
| 1time | +110% |
| arsenal | +80% |
Top 10 search terms
1. facebook
2. youtube
3. facebook login
4. google
5. gmail
6. sandy
7. gumtree
8. news
9. fnb
10. absa
11. hurricane sandy
12. yahoo
13. mail
14. standard bank
15. weather
16. games
17. music
18. game
19. news24
20. whatsapp
21. nedbank
22. sars
23. maps
24. www.facebook.com
25. cars
(For past data click here)
* Google Trends 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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