
I†CAME ACROSS this news article published by TeamAsia featuring Top Searched Terms of 2008 in the Philippines according to Google. †
The facts presented in the article are very interesting indeed. †Here are some of them:
- Charice Pempenco and Arnel Pineda are the no. 1 and no. 2 fastest rising Pinoy celebrity searches, respectively.††Their You Tube videos literally made them global celebrities.
- Manny Pacquiao took the four slots on the top-10 fastest-rising Google news searches
- Top-10 fastest-rising Philippine-related searches:
1.††Florante at Laura
2.††Ibong Adarna
3.††Pinoy Jokes
4.††Noli Me Tangere
5.††El Filibusterismo
6.††bugtong
7.††tula
8.††filipino scientist
9.††alamat
10. talumpati
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- Top-10 fastest-rising Philippine Destinations:
1.††Pangasinan
2.††Cebu
3. Palawan
4.††Baguio
5.††Sagada
6.†bohol
7. el nido
8. plantation bay
9. tagaytay
10. punta fuego
The TeamAsia story was based from Google’s year-end Zeitgeist 2008 results. †Google’s “zeitgeist” (German for “the spirit of the times”) reveals the Internet through an exploration of the millions of search queries Google receives every day.