Check out Singapore’s Google Zeitgeist page. It gives you a good sense of what we local folk are interested in. Sadly, it’s leaked sex photos of a Hong Kong celebrity.
2008 has been a year of change in Singapore and people have certainly been using Google to access information about these changes. The fastest rising searched items on these lists ranged from the scandalous (Edison Chen – Hong Kong celebrity whose sex photos were leaked) to the scrumptious (chicken rice – local culinary delight). Sports was also of great interest in Singapore, with searches aimed at local milestones like hosting the world’s first F1 night race, winning the bid to host the Youth Olympics in 2010 and winning its 2nd Olympics medal in 48 years (for women’s table tennis). Each of these lists shows the fastest rising searches, meaning these were the search terms that saw the biggest increase in searches during 2008 compared to 2007. Take a look below to get sense of the zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, in Singapore for 2008!
Fastest Rising
- edison chen
- olympics
- iphone
- f1
- google map
- htc
- maps
- wiki
- beijing olympics
Most Popular
- lyrics
- youtube
- yahoo
- map
- games
- wiki
- blog
- video
Google News local searches
- singapore olympics
- singapore table tennis
- singapore terrorist
- youth olympics
- 3g iphone
- philips electronics singapore
- f1 night race
- singapore recession
- mas selamat
- feng tianwei
Hawker Centres
- maxwell hawker centre
- newton hawker centre
- chinatown hawker centre
- adam road hawker centre
- east coast park hawker centre
- whampoa hawker centre
- changi village hawker centre
- lagoon hawker centre
- holland village hawker centre
- tekka market
Local foods
- chicken rice
- punggol crab noodle
- drunk prawn
- kaya toast
- popiah
- bak kwa
- laksa
- muah chee
- hokkien mee
- nasi padang
Filed under: Singapore, Social Media
