Read something interesting in BBC news "Google autocomplete: The Internet Where You Are", it seems that for every geographical differences, the autocomplete will be different, so I decided to make a list for Malaysia too for comparison. Hahahah!
| alphabet | champion | first runner-up | second runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | airasia | anm | astro |
| B | berita harian | blogger | beautifulnara |
| C | cimb | celcom | currency converter |
| D | Digi | Digi games | dailymotion |
| E | Euro 2012 | eBay | Era FM |
| F | Firefly | Facebook login | |
| G | google translate | Gmail | |
| H | hotmail | Harian Metro | Harakah |
| I | Ikea | Iphone5 | |
| J | Jobstreet | JPA | JPJ |
| K | Kosmo | KWSP | KeepVid |
| L | lelong | Livescore | lowyat |
| M | mudah | maybank2u | Malaysiakini |
| N | narutoget | nokia | nissan |
| O | oh bulan | Olympic 2012 | oum |
| P | PTPTN | public bank | pps |
| Q | quotes | qvod player | |
| R | resepi | RHB | roti kaya |
| S | saps | spa | samsung |
| T | translate | Tonton | |
| U | utusan | uitm | upu |
| V | video | Volkswagen | vgmc |
| W | www.facebook.com | www.youtube.com | wikipedia |
| X | xe | xda | xiaxue |
| Y | youtube | yahoo | y8 |
| Z | zalora | zoom a | zedge |
※ This data was collected on 7th September 2012
After compiling the list, I think that I am kinda out of date. So, I ended up reading stuffs on google to find out more.
Interesting point:
After compiling the list, I think that I am kinda out of date. So, I ended up reading stuffs on google to find out more.
Interesting point:
- a lot of searches involve government agency (JPA, JPJ, anm, PTPTN, etc)
- banks are in the list too. So, I guess that Malaysians really embraced internet banking? (cimb, maybank2u, rhb, public bank)
- Facebook is the dominant search in Malaysia, Britain, US, India, Hong Kong and Nigeria
- except the western countries, "xe" - a currency exchange site is very popular, well, at least in Malaysia, India, Hong Kong and Nigeria
- mobile phone companies are among the top searches
- a lot of people read online newspaper (berita harian, harian metro, utusan)
- xiaxue is really a famous blogger
- roti kaya is not a bread, but a entertainment news website (I really thought it was the "roti kaya")
- Malaysians love football. Watching the game though, not playing. (Euro 2012, livescore)
- People love get rich scheme, "VGMC" is a gold investment thingy, but maybe I am wrong, it looks like a scam.
- "oh bulan" is not a poem, but a website on celebrities
- People like gossips, celebrities news. (oh bulan, roti kaya, beautifulnara)
- Malaysians love Japanese manga, the top searches on "N" is Narutoget. A website on everything Naruto
- airasia and firefly are on the list, budget airlines are the in-thing right now. MAS, our national carrier not in the list. Haiz!
Nice article shared. This is such as amazing feature of Google Translator. Thanks for sharing such a great stuff by the way.
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