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.
The US presidential elections, and the win for President Obama, dominates the fastest rising Google web searches list from last week. The Linkin Park concert tragedy in Cape Town, test cricket and a search for alternatives to the now stranded budget airline 1time also makes the list.
Fast rising searches
| us elections | +900% |
| linkin park | +650% |
| barack obama | +600% |
| obama | +600% |
| cricinfo | +250% |
| cricket | +100% |
| psl | +60% |
| speed test | +60% |
| british airways | +40% |
| discovery health | +40% |
Top 10 search terms
1. facebook
2. youtube
3. you [tube? – ed.]
4. google
5. login facebook
6. gumtree
7. gmail
8. yahoo
9. news
10. absa
11. fnb
12. jobs
13. games
14. game
15. weather
16. standard bank
17. music
18. news24
19. whatsapp
20. yahoo mail
21. sars
22. maps
23. nedbank
24. cars
25. www.facebook.com
Top 10 search terms minus social media/mail/search
1. gumtree
2. news
3. absa
4. fnb
5. jobs
6. games
7. game
8. weather
9. standard bank
10. music
11. news24
12. whatsapp
13. sars
14. maps
15. nedbank
(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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