Search suggestions as implemented on the new Google homepage can be a great help to users. However since these suggestions are ranked by search query volume, the search suggestions can also be a good indicator in what the hottest topics currently are.
In this post I have armed myself with Google Translate, and tried to search for the same term “Can I” in different local versions of Google.
And I can tell you that it’s actually quite interesting to see what’s most popular for this very generic search term…
Google.com – International
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Can I run it
2: Can I get pregnant from a dog
3: Can I have Your number
Google.co.uk – United Kingdom
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Can I get pregnant from a dog
2: Can I run it
3: Can I vote Online
Google.ru – Russia
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Can I return goods i didn’t like
2: Can I become a Vampire
3: Can I get pregnant
Google.nl – Netherland
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Can I calculate calculate child support
2: Can I buy a house
3: Can I sing
Google.com.mx – Mexico
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Can I get pregnant during menstruation
2: Can I not get pregnant if you ejaculate inside of me
3: Can I write the saddest lines tonight
Google.fr – France
Top 3 suggestions:
1: I then conjugation
2: Can I appreciate the culture to which I belong
3: Can I on behalf of my conscience refuse to submit myself to the laws
Google.se – Sweden
Top 3 suggestions:
1: Kan Jang (natural herb)
2: Can you see who’s been on one’s facebook
3: Can you get pregnant during your period
Google.dk – Denmark
Top 3 suggestion for Denmark:
1: Can you get pregnant during your period
2: Can you masturbate too much
3: Can you see who visits your profile on Facebook
Conclusion
It’s pretty amazing how a general search term like “Can I” can indicate what users in different countries are interested in.
If you find interesting examples on other local Google homepages, please add your findings as comments to this post.
The translations are based on Google Translate, so I might have missed some nuances here and there…
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