I seem to be having a bit of an obsession with lists, rankings and seeing who is on top of what list etc. so here we go....
As suggested by a reader, Innuendo, in one of my blog articles, here are SA's
Google Zeitgest 2008 lists:
So what were South Africans typing into the Google Search Box in 2008?
MOST POPULAR SEARCHES
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1
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Facebook
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2
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Cape Town
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3
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Games
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4
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Map
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5
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Yahoo
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6
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News
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7
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Jobs
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8
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Google
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9
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Gmail
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10
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Pictures
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*Because the majority of us access the internet from work, this list tells me that : People go to work & chat with friends on Facebook, plan trips to Cape Town, download games online, check out directions to go to their holiday destinations or wherever, Read the news, chat on gmail, search for celebrity pictures log off & go home!
TOP POLITICIANS
| 1 |
Jacob Zuma |
| 2 |
Thabo Mbeki |
| 3 |
Trevor Manuel |
| 4 |
Julius Malema |
| 5 |
Kgalema Motlanthe |
| 6 |
Hellen Zille |
| 7 |
Fikile Mbalula |
| 8 |
Terror Lekota |
| 9 |
Mbazima Shilowa |
| 10 |
Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
Julius Malema is a legend lol...
TOP LOCAL CELEBS
| 1 |
DJ Sbu |
| 2 |
DJ Fresh |
| 3 |
DJ Cleo |
| 4 |
Kelly Khumalo |
| 5 |
Danny K |
| 6 |
Ryk Neethling |
| 7 |
Khanyi Mbau |
| 8 |
Connie Ferguson |
| 9 |
Gareth Cliff |
| 10 |
Loyiso Bala |
Comment:
I'm a bit surprised to see Loyiso, Gareth & Connie on this list.
TOP NEWSWORTHY
| 1 |
Load Shedding |
| 2 |
FIFA 2010 World Cup |
| 3 |
Beijing Olympics |
| 4 |
Barack Obama |
| 5 |
Global Warming |
| 6 |
Euro 2008 |
| 7 |
Xenophobia |
| 8 |
ADT Security |
| 9 |
Zimbabwe Election |
| 10 |
COPE |
Comment: ADT?? I'm more sad than surprised coz it means South Africans worry that much about security.Click HERE for more on Google Zeitgeist.
On
www.alexa.com you can basically check any website's traffic i.e. how they compare to other sites, and see which websites get the most traffic in the world and by country, language etc! It's quite an interesting tool!
According to Alexa,
TVSA ranks 526th in South Africa's Traffic Rankings and only 61.2% of its users are from
SA. The rest are from
US (10.4%),
India (6%),
UK (2%),
Mexico (1.6%),
Australia (1.3%) and the rest is made up of other countries and strangely if there are any african countries there, it's a fraction too small it's not even worth noting!
TOP 10 SITES IN SOUTH AFRICA
| 1 |
Google.co.za |
| 2 |
Facebook |
| 3 |
Google.com |
| 4 |
Yahoo |
| 5 |
YouTube |
| 6 |
Wikipedia |
| 7 |
Windows Live (Microsoft search engine) |
| 8 |
Microsoft Network (MSN) |
| 9 |
Blogger.com |
| 10 |
News24 |
Comment: Ja neh!
RANDOM SA SITES
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WEBSITE
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ONLINE TRAFFIC RANK
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SA RANKING
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SA USERS
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TVSA
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51 169
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526
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61.2%
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SABC 1
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174 633
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2 216
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86.3%
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SABC 2
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293,071
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8 090
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91.3%
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SABC 3
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208,012
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2 129
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97.5%
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ETV
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75,658
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478
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86.1% (6.5% from Nigeria)
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SUPERSPORT
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6,447
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32
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81.4%
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YFM
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183,481
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2 570
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75.8% (5.7% from Sri Lanka lol)
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Kaizer Chiefs
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45,473
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339 (46 in Lesotho)
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86.9%
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Metro FM
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103,578
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1 344
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87.2%
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Bizcommunity.com
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15,058
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75
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84.5%
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MNET
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25,972
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315 (168 in Zambia)
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74.9%
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The Times
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6,387
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45
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80.3%
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| Careerjunction |
12,577
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55
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95.3 % (1.4% from DRC & 0.9% from Zimbabwe) |
| Sowetan |
21 415
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159 (30 in Lesotho)
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92.5%
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| Standard Bank |
1,811
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12
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95.7%
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| ABSA |
2,144
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13
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97.7%
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IN RED: - I'm really surprised at ETV's SA ranking. Does anyone know what's so great about their site & what's pulling readers from as far as Nigeria?
- Interesting to also note that there's a noticeable amount of Congolese & Zimbabwean neighbours looking for employment this side.
- I'm not surprised to see that Standard Bank & Absa get such high traffic, ONLINE BANKING is one of the best inventions ever!
- Kaizerchiefs.com is the 46th most visited website in Lesotho. Why?
Sources:
www.google.com/zeitgeist www.alexa.com