Ghana: Google reveals top five searched terms


  1. Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    The giant internet search engine firm Google, has announced that Waptrick - a free wap site which allows users to download anything on their mobile phones - topped the list of fastest rising searches in Ghana for 2010. The results bring to the fore the rising use of the communication device in surfing the internet.
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    A statement from Google said “Ghanaians also demonstrated their ongoing love for football by searching for the World Cup, goal.com, the Premier League and Asamoah Gyan, our star striker. Apple’s Ipad as well as popular telenovela soap storm over paradise also made the list.

    “On the entertainment front, our love for Ghanaian music has reached new heights. Now Ghanaian musicians have established themselves as bona fide superstars with more and more of them putting out great music. Sarkodie was the most searched for Ghanaian musician followed by Ruff-n-Smooth and Samini. In the film industry, Jackie Appiah was by far the most searched for actress followed by Nadia Buari and Yvonne Nelson.”

    It added: “Facebook, Yahoo and Google topped the list of most frequent searches for 2010, showing the desire of Ghanaians to be part of a global online community. Ghanaians have joined a worldwide trend of using the Internet as tool to communicate with and stay connected to friends and loved ones, and as a social development tool, allowing them to stay connected to the rest of the world.”

    Top 10 fastest rising searches in 2010
    waptrick.com
    Opera
    World cup
    facebook.com
    goal.com
    skype
    premier league
    Ipad
    Storm over paradise
    Asamoah Gyan

    Top 10 most frequent searches in 2010
    Ghana
    Facebook
    yahoo
    facebook.com
    google
    pictures
    yahoomail
    love
    lyrics
    www.facebook.com



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