TOP SEARCHES IN KENYA 2013 REPORT BY GOOGLE ZEITGEIST...kenyan daily digest

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Zeitgeist report is an annual look at the collective eyes of the world on the web during a particular year.President UHURU KENYATTA ranked top in trending people category.CITIZEN TV LIVE carried the day as the top trending tv show.RAILA ODINGA ranked top in the most searched people in google search engine
Jicho pevu show ranked top as the most searched show in google search engine in Kenya
This year, Kenyans were more concerned about ovulation, stress and nutrition as the three were ranked among the top searched health topics, with emergence of new searches on autism. Cancer and HIV/AIDs remained in the top ten queries.It is with great relieve that in this year’s google zeitgeist report no searches on porn had been reported and also unlike last year ‘how to abort ‘ranked as the top search in google search kissing and praying made it to the top slots respectively thereby toppling ‘how to abort’
Many Kenyans also searched on devolution, an indication that they want to learn more about the new system of governance. Issues on policy, democracy, revolution, obamacare, security, nomination, Biometric Voter Registration (BVR), gubernatorial and county were also searched under the politics category.
On events, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)’s sensitization on the new requirement of tax payment system send many Kenyans online during the period. Also, based on the fact that Kenyans consider the General Election as an important step in exercising their democratic right, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) results announcement came second in this category.
The Westgate terror attack drew Kenyans online to search more information on the siege. In terms of the top trending events, the IEBC results and the Westgate attack topped the list. Trending searches have the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period of time.
Musician Emmy Kosgei made it to the top ten in two categories; top searched people and her wedding to the top trending events. Among the top trending personalities are the late Paul Walker, an American actor, and the late Ruhila Adatia, the Kiss TV presenter who died during the Westgate attack.
Kenyans love for soaps was evident in the trending search for TV programmes like Abyss of Passion, Amor Bravio, Punar Vivah and La Fuerza del Destino. Local productions also generated interest for google searches with Tujuane and Jicho Pevu being among the top trending TV programmes.On the top trending queries the kenyan daily post an online tabloid carried the day by ranking top in the category
Top Trending Queries
1. Daily post
2. IEBC
3. Westgate
4. Uhuru Kenyatta
5. OLX
6. Government Human Resource in Information System (GHRIS)
7. Mutula Kilonzo
8. NTV Live
9. KCPE results 2012
10. Standard Digital
Top Trending People
1. Uhuru Kenyatta
2. Paul Walker
3. Mutula Kilonzo
4. Samantha Lewthwaite
5. Kethi Kilonzo
6. Lucy Kibaki
7. Nelson Mandela
8. Rachel Shebesh
9. Ruhila Adatia
10. Goldie Harvey
Top Searched TV shows
1. Jicho Pevu
2. Abyss of Passion
3. Big Brother Africa
4. Game of Thrones
5. Tujuane
6. Churchill Show
7. Suits
8. Power of Destiny (La Fuerza del Destino
9. XYZ show
10. Soy Tu Duena
Top trending TV shows
1. Citizen TV Live
2. NTV Live
3. Jicho Pevu
4. Abyss of Passion
5. Amor Bravio
6. Shackles of Doom
7. Power of Destiny
8. Tujuane
9. Punar Vivah
10. La Fuerza del Destino
Top Trending Events
1. IEBC results
2. Westgate attack
3. KCSE 2012 results
4. Teachers’ strike
5. KCPE 2012 results
6. JKIA fire
7. CORD petition
8. Kidero slaps Shebesh
9. Kenya presidential debate
10. Emmy Kosgei wedding
Top searched applications
1. Whatsapp
2. Google Maps
3. Skype
4. LinkedIn
5. Instagram
6. Currency Converter
7. Dropbox
8. Viber
9. Adobe Reader
10 Nimbuzz
Top searched events
1. KRA
2. IEBC results
3. Westgate
4. Safaricom Live
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Big Brother Africa
7. KCSE results
8. Premier League
9. KNEC registration
10. Teachers’ Strike
Top searched people
1. Raila Odinga
2. Uhuru Kenyatta
3. Caroline Mutoko
4. William Ruto
5. Churchill
6. Sonko
7. Emmy Kosgei
8. Mutula Kilonzo
9. Rachel Shebesh
10. Evans Kidero
How To?
1. Kiss
2. Pray
3. Abort
4. Swim
5. Love
6. Hack
7. Meditate
8. Invest
9. Seduce
10. Romance
What is?
1. Love
2. Illuminati
3. Internet
4. Biology
5. Management
6. Communication
7. Development
8. Marketing
9. Research
10. Halloween
What is? (Technology)
1. Wi-Fi
2. Linkedin
3. BBM
4. Mpesa
5. Extranet
6. Faiba
7. Email
8. Android
9. Computer
10. MMS
What is? (Health/Medicine)
1. Ovulation
2. Stress
3. Nutrition
4. Hernia
5. Viagra
6. Cancer
7. HIV
8. Diabetes
9. Autism
10. Acne
What is? (Political Realm)
1. Devolution
2. Policy
3. Democracy
4. Revolution
5. Obamacare
6. Security
7. Nomination
8. BVR
9. Gubernatorial
10. County...kenyan daily digest

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