NEWSLINK: The most frequently asked questions on Yandex in 2012: In the outgoing year, Internet users were interested in love, the Russian presidential elections, the European Football Championship, and shampoo.
[The most frequently asked questions on Yandex in 2012: In the outgoing year, Internet users were interested in love, the Russian presidential elections, the European Football Championship, and shampoo – Russia Beyond the Headlines/RIA Novosti – December 31, 2012 – click here for full article]
Russia Beyond the Headlines provides an English-language version of a RIA Novosti report on the most frequent searches, or general areas of searches, conducted on Russian search engine Yandex in 2012:
The biggest Russian search engine, Yandex, has published a rating of search queries in 2012. The rating was organized under various headings, revealing that Russian Internet users in 2012 were most interested in love, the election of the Russian president, the European Football Championship and the question “Why am I Shampoo?”
Yandex divided the rating of search hits into 12 categories such as “National Leaders,” “Men,” “Women,” “Events,” “FAQs,” etc. The top subjects produced either a spike or a prolonged and sustained rate of hits.
Premières and events …
What? Who? Why? And popular memes …
Film and Music …
Athletes and matches …
Men and women …