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Weekly Top 10: Fastest rising search terms from South Africans on Google

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 2012 Tax filing drew to a close on Friday and searches for and about the SARS efiling system dominates our list for fast rising web search terms on Google by South Africans. End of the month and the upcoming holiday season seems to have given retailers a boost – Pick n Pay, Game stores and Woolworths all headed higher in the fast rising searches list.
Fast rising searches
psl +150%
sars efiling +150%
efiling +140%
sars +90%
pick n pay +60%
computicket +50%
game stores +50%
supersport +50%
weather cape town +50%
woolworths +50%

Weekly Top 10: Fastest rising search terms from South Africans on Google

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 massive fire that burned down dozens of homes at St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape made the list of fastest rising web searches several times over as did the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge which took place yesterday. The release of computer game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,” released on Nov. 13, also made the list.
Fast rising searches
gmail login access Breakout
black ops 2 +300%
st francis bay +250%
94.7 cycle challenge +200%
st francis fire +190%
diwali +180%
94.7 +80%
junk mail +50%
clicks +40%
die burger +40%

Weekly Top 10: Fastest rising search terms from South Africans on Google

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.

News that Lance Armstrong are to be stripped of his seven Tour de France wins and banned for life by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency caused a massive spike in searches from the cycling mad public in Western Cape. A butt naked Prince Harry and the site that published the photos, TMZ, also spiked. Not sure why the surge for Dischem unless the country is coming down with flu.

Weekly Top 10: Fastest rising search terms from South Africans on Google

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. Kaizer Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung and the Mbombela Stadium fraud case was of obvious interest to South Africans. Also in the news were the Lonmin strike and shooting of mine workers by police and ongoing student protests at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). (For past data click here)