'Financial crisis' tops RP search terms on Google

MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos’ interest in economic terms like “recession" and “financial crisis" surged this year, a study from online search tool Google Zeitgest showed. The search volume for “recession" registered a whopping increase of 2,600 percent while the term “financial crisis" booked a 333 percent rise when the global financial market started falling in September and October. Consumer-related searches also rose, with the search volume fot the keywords “sale" and “tipid" rising 36 percent. The volume of searches for the word “free" climbed ten percent. “There were large increases in the number of searches... reflecting Filipinos searching more often online to find the best deals to save money," Google said in a statement. Google Zietgest features the top trends in Internet searches. Overall data showed that top searches for 2008 include the keywords “lyrics," “friendster," “you," “games," and “yahoo." The top five fastest rising searches for 2008 are “cabal," “y8.com," psp," “comments," and “emo." Key phrases related to boxing champ Manny Pacquiao took five of the top ten slots for the fastest rising Google local news searches. The fastest rising searches for celebrities were led by internationally recognized Filipino singers Charice Pempengco and Arnel Pineda. GMA Network talent Marian Rivera landed on the tenth spot. The star of the television series Marimar and Dyesebel is the only local female celebrity on Google's fastest rising celebrity searches list. Top searches for 2008 1. Lyrics 2. Friendster 3. You 4. Games 5. Yahoo 6. Youtube 7. Love 8. Google 9. Mp3 10. Map Fastest rising searches of 2008 1. Cabal 2. y8.com 3. PSP 4. Comments 5. Emo 6. Friendster.com 7. Naruto 8. Multiply 9. Mozilla 10. Realize lyrics Fastest rising Google news local search 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Pacquiao vs Dela Hoya 3. Pacquiao vs Marquez 4. Pacquiao Diaz fight 5. Ces Drilon 6. RCBC bank robbery 7. 2008 SONA 8. The Dream Match 9. Bar exam result 10. Reproductive health bill Fastest rising celebrity searches 1. Charice Pempengco 2. Arnel Pineda 3. DJ Montano 4. Wu Chun 5. Jonas Brothers 6. Heath Ledger 7. Miley Cyrus 8. Chris Brown 9. Mike He 10. Marian Rivera Fastest rising Filipino-related searches 1. Florante at Laura 2. Ibong Adarna 3. Pinoy Jokes 4. Noli Me Tangere 5. El Filibustirismo 6. Bugtong 7. Tula 8. Filipino scientist 9. Alamat 10. Talumpati Fastest rising local travel destination searches 1. Pangasinan 2. Cebu 3. Palawan 4. Baguio 5. Sagada 6. Bohol 7. El Nido 8. Plantation Bay 9. Tagaytay 10. Punta Fuego - GMANews.TV