Google’s latest trends reports reveal the most popular queries South Africans have asked of the search engine in the past week.
Have you ever wondered what South Africans have been searching for online? You need ponder no more; Google South Africa has revealed it’s top search queries for the past week.
In its latest trends report, Google has revealed what questions South Africans have asked of the search engine. The entries reflect questions users have asked as news has developed over the past week.
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The list, which follows, was topped by the question “is Emtee dead?” – a reference to a social media hoax which reported that the Capetonian rapper had passed away.
The most popular questions asked of Google this week were:
- Is Emtee dead?
- How old is Drake?
- Why peer pressure may lead to unsafe sexual behaviour
- What is water pollution?
- What happened to Charmaine in 7de Laan?
- How to prevent pimples
- What does my name mean?
- What is peer pressure?
- How the South African government is addressing the problem of poverty in nutrition
- How to make an electromagnet
The questions reflect how quickly South Africans have moved on from asking questions pertaining to this year’s municipal elections.
Google’s last list of published questions, dated the week of August 12th, follows as:
- How to start a blog
- How many sports are in the Olympics?
- What is bipolar?
- What is climate change?
- How to stop coughing
- What is lupus?
- How many countries are in the Olympics?
- What to do when you are bored
- How to get rid of stretch marks
- How to trace a number
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