( December 27, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Not many will doubt that one of the most
sought after keyword on Internet is “sex”. And Sri Lankans, it seems,
are the most search savvy when it comes to Googling that term.
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This is according to Google Trends, a
public web facility that shows how often a particular search-term is
entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of
the world, and in various languages.
Second-placed India is not far behind in
search for the term, and so isn’t (surprise, surprise) #3 Papua New
Guinea and #4 Ethiopia even as Pakistan completes the Top 5 nations that
Googled for ‘sex’ in 2012.
According to Google Trends, search for the
term peaked in Sri Lanka during the week April 15-21, 2012, even as the
partial data for the current week (December 23-29, 2012) shows it as
second-highest week during which the term was Goggled in 2012.
In India, people most Googled for the term
during the week November 11-17, 2012 while the week October 21-27, 2012,
wasn’t far behind.
When it comes to breaking down the data by
cities, however, India’s Bangalore tops the charts for people Googling
the term ‘sex’ in 2012.
In fact, the top 5 slots are all Indian cities – Bangalore is followed by Chennai, Pune New Delhi and Calcutta, in that order.
And mind you, this is a worldwide list –
not the list of Indian cities most searching for the term. Pakistan’s
Lahore is at No. 6 while the next two – Chandigarh and Mumbai – are
again Indian cities, followed by Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, both
in Vietnam, Emirates 247 reports.
Below are the ‘rankings’ for 2012, as of December 26, 2012.
Top 10 Countries where People Googled the term ‘sex’ in 2012
1. Sri Lanka
2. India
3. Papua New Guinea
4. Ethiopia
5. Pakistan
6. Bangladesh
7. Vietnam
8. Nepal
9. Somalia
10. Cambodia
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