What do people search for on Google?

Google Trends measures how often phrases are searched for in individual countries and cities.

What do we learn about nations?

Pakistanis lead the rankings for "sex". India is not far behind.

The British look up "handcuffs" most often.

Who searches for gay sex? First comes the Philippines. Second comes Saudi Arabia.

North Africans like to look up the word 'amour'.

Buenos Aires comes top in searches for "guns". Lovers of guns include the United States, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/12/business/google.php

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