Need any more evidence that New Zealand has gone absolutely football-crazy? Below are the latest search stats from Google.co.nz - it seems we've all got a bit of Fifa fever!
We've been amazed to see so many football terms making the top 10 web search list, as this list doesn’t tend to change too much week on week - it’s remarkable to see so many football-related terms making the top 10. The fastest-rising searches are those that have had the biggest increases in search requests and give a great insight into what topics are top of mind with the population.
Check out the lists below, and to get your football fix and keep up to speed with how the competition is shaping up, simply type in ‘world cup’ into Google.co.nz to get an at-a-glance list of upcoming World Cup matches and recent results. (And don't forget to vote for Kiwi student Holly Pierce's design in the international Doodle 4 Google 'I Love Football' competition at www.google.co.nz/doodle4google!)
Top 10 web searches on Google.co.nz over the last 7 days
1. Facebook
2. New Zealand
3. Games
4. World cup
5. Youtube
6. Google
7. Trademe
8. Fifa
9. Hotmail
10. World Cup 2010
Fastest-rising web searches on Google.co.nz over the last 7 days
1. Slovakia
2. All whites
3. World cup results
4. Miley cyrus
5. NBA
6. Fifa
7. Fifa 2010
8. Fifa world cup
9. Football world cup
10. World cup
Fastest-rising web searches on Google.co.nz over the last 30 days
1. Fifa world cup
2. Fifa
3. Soccer world cup
4. All whites
5. World Cup 2010
6. Football world cup
7. Pacman
8. All blacks
9. World cup
10. Hotmail signin
Fastest-rising web searches on Google worldwide over the last 30 days
1. Waka waka
2. Eurovision 2010
3. Fifa world cup
4. World cup 2010
5. World cup
Posted by Annie Baxter, Google NZ PR Manager
