MANILA, Philippines??Pacquiao,? ?jejemon,? ?2010 election result,? and ?Charice Pempengco? were among the top search queries in the Philippines this year, according to search engine Google.
Google?s Year-End Zeitgeist (German for ?spirit of the times?) highlights the top trends of the year by revisiting 2010?s top searches around the globe.
Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
In the Philippines, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the most-searched personality this year, following his back-to-back victories over Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito.
Now a congressman representing Sarangani province, Pacquiao was followed by Venus Raj, who was crowned fourth runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant, and President Aquino, who was elected to office in May.
?Jejeje?
?Jejemon??the new group of texters spawned by fancy text messaging?was the most searched term for the year. The name took off from the way these texters type ?hehehe? (or laughter) as ?jejeje? or ?j3j3j3.?
After ?Jejemon? was ?iPad,? the coveted Apple gadget that hit local stores earlier this year.
Search queries for the lyrics to singing sensation Charice Pempengco’s single, ?Pyramid,? also spiked in 2010.
Pempengco herself was the top most-searched artist of the year, followed by Sarah Geronimo.
Top news issue
The search volume on the result of the Philippines? first automated elections was high, making it the top news issue for 2010.
?Cebu? was the top-searched travel destination, followed by ?Boracay? and ?Bohol.?
On the entertainment scene, Filipino netizens appeared to be most interested in ABS-CBN’s fantaserye, ?Agua Bendita,? and local talent show ?Pilipinas Got Talent.?
The Nokia C3, an affordable smartphone with integrated social networking, was the most-searched mobile phone in the country. And Filipino students showed a keen interest in geography, with ?mapa? (map) as the fastest-rising homework-related term.
For movies, the remake of the 1988 comedy film, ?Petrang Kabayo,? starring Vice Ganda, drove local interest.
The hottest hangout in the metro, at least according to online searches, is SM Cinema, followed by Enchanted Kingdom and Club Manila East.
