Google has published their year-end zeitgeist and it makes for some pretty interesting reading. Taking a look at the results, South African’s are still using Google as the address bar, which does indicate the level of internet awareness in SA.
2009 has been a year of change in South Africa, and people have been using Google to keep abreast of the most interesting news and trends as well as their favourite websites. Some of the most popular searches included the firebrand politician Julius Malema and of course former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen. This year’s Zeitgeist also reflects important South African concerns like understanding how the recession impacts the local economy, along with rising interest in the second-hand goods market from websites such as Gumtree and Junkmail cars. South Africans were keen on social networking, with high volumes of searches for social networking sites Twitter and Facebook, as well as around sporting events like the Confederations Cup and the IPL Cricket. Take a look below to get sense of the Zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, in South Africa for 2009.
Fastest Rising
- facebook login
- gumtree cape town
- efiling
- absa internet banking
- yahoo mail
- gmail.com
- quotes
- standard bank
- junkmail cars
Most Popular
- yahoo
- games
- lyrics
- jobs
- gumtree
- gmail
- news
- absa
Most searched for sports events
- super 14
- IPL
- cape argus
- confederations cup
- comrades marathon
- currie cup
- FA cup
- british lions tour
- absa premiership
- nedbank golf
Most searched for celebs
- DJ sbu
- khanyi mbau
- charlize theron
- oscar pistorius
- gareth cliff
- trevor noah
- joost van der westhuizen
- nataniel
- lira
- danny k
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