Filipino “internet surfing behaviour” as regards Google and Yahoo! top searches and trends
Here’s a very interesting insight on Filipino “internet surfing behaviour” as regards Google and Yahoo! top searches and trends I just received from Janette Toral of Digital Filipino.com
This article, with images, is posted at
http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-and-yahoo-philippines-released.html
Both Google and Yahoo! Philippines recently announced its 2009 review highlighting the top searches and trends on their respective search engines.
Yahoo’s top overall search terms for Philippines in 2009:
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Cory Aquino
3. Francis Magalona
4. Ondoy
5. Dionisia Pacquiao
6. Shalani Soledad
7. Eraserheads
8. University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
9. Mar and Korina
10. Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
In Yahoo!’s celebrity search rankings, our homegrown talent comes first. Local celebrity searches prove that national interest in controversy and scandal is growing. Kris Aquino touched people’s hearts during her mother’s wake as she detailed the last days of the beloved ex-president. The top celebrity searches in The Philippines also included:
1. Maricar Reyes
2. Angel Locsin
3. Sandara Park
4. Pamela Bianca Manalo
5. Kris Aquino
6. Marian Rivera
7. Michael Jackson
8. Coco Martin
9. Anne Curtis
10. Judy Ann Santos
In a market where mobile penetration is more than 68%, Filipinos are definitely spending a lot more time searching and surfing the Internet on the mobile. The top mobile searches for Philippines included:
1. NBA
2. Katrina Halili
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Marian Rivera
5. Hayden Kho
6. Francis Magalona
7. Citigroup
8. Michael Jackson
9. Cory Aquino
10. PBA
Google Zeitgeist Philippines 2009
Google’s introduction of the results highlighted the popularity of personalities like Hayden Kho, politicians Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Corazon “Cory” Aquino, events such H1N1 flu pandemic, the death of news anchor Ted Failon’s wife, and the typhoons that slammed into the country, as those that dominated the top searches in 2009.
This article, with images, is posted at
http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-and-yahoo-philippines-released.html