Google’s most popular clicks in 2015
Google releases annual roundup of what people wanted to know about online.
Simba Mhere died in a tragic car accident on William Nicol Drive while on his way to the airport for the 2015 J&B Met in Cape Town. Photo: Gallo images
Today Google announced its annual zeitgeist, a look at 2015 through the collective eyes of the world on the web, offering a unique perspective on the year’s major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted in South Africa and globally.
Zeitgeist means “the spirit of the times”. At the end of each year, Google celebrates this spirit by revisiting the year’s top searches around the world. This year’s overall trending searches from SA show load shedding, xenophobia, sport and various celebrities topping the overall search trends list.
Murdered musician Flabba, presenter Simba Mhere, who died in a car accident, and musician and producer Cassper Nyovest, who filled the Dome, made the top of the Trending South African list.
Load shedding and xenophobia topped the Trending Current Affairs search list, followed by “demonic game” Charlie Charlie, the French weekly publication Charlie Hebdo, targeted by a terror attack, and hacked US dating site Ashley Madison, demonstrating that South Africans have a global mindset.
The late Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane featured on trending South African, Trending Current Affairs and Trending Political Figures lists. Also hitting the political figures trends list were disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi and DA leader Mmusi Maimane.
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