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Not just searching for sex

I read a post some days back about Pakistan’s number one ranking on searching the word “sex” over Google on Pro-Pakistani. This little stat stuck with me and I wondered, are we only searching for sex on Google? I finally decided to open Google and searched for few other trends. The results which I found were as follows:
The first word for which I checked the search trend was Muhammad (pbuh) and was glad to see that Pakistan is ranked as number one in the world to search about the word “Muhammad (pbuh)” where as 5 Pakistani cities topped the first 5 spots. Furthermore, Pakistan is ranked as number third in the world to search about the word “Islam” on Google in 2011 whereas it is at the number one spot in the world to search about the world “Quran” on Google where as Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore are respectively 1st, 2nd and 3rd cities in the world to search about the word “Quran” on Google in 2011.
Pakistan is also ranked as number one country in the world to search about the world “Education” on Google in Year 2011. Pakistan is the ranked number one for searching about “English” on Google in Year 2011 whereas Karachi and Lahore are respectively 1st and 2nd in the list of cities. Pakistan is also ranked as number 5th for searching for the word “Scholarships” on Google in year 2011 whereas Islamabad & Lahore are at respectively at 4th & 5th spot.
Apart from the aforementioned terms, Pakistan is ranked as 1st for searching for the term “Jobs” & “Peace”, 7th for search the term “Information Technology”, 2nd for searching the term “Physics”.
Thus, selective information can be used to present any kind of picture of a society. We are not a nation of limited interests as this little nugget of information might suggest.

KAMRAN JAVID
Lahore

60 Responses to Not just searching for sex

  1. Saeed Ahmad says:

    Great note.. Nice.

  2. nimx says:

    wow! that's really nice!! =)

  3. sharjeel says:

    awesome….

  4. Afnan Mir says:

    Awesome Work mate, AWESOME!

  5. david says:

    wow you really gave it to em….
    nice work bro…..three cheers to you.

    and what is wrong, reading about sex. It is a potent and powerful factor in marriage and life generally. In fact it should be taught as a scientific subject, considering the inquisitiveness, that will properly and sensibly channel the demand.
    Besides it will improve awareness about health issues.

    • Haris Mir says:

      so true…. there should be a subject on sex taught at school…atleast it will help get rid off all those narrow minded desperate youngsters who think about the opposite sex in just one dirty way.

  6. azhar says:

    good research and thanks for sharing!!!!!! keep it up

  7. Adnan Khalid says:

    stats about ‘education’, ‘scholarships’ and ‘job’s are incorrect, pakistan is no where in the top 10 for those

  8. Bilal Khan says:

    nice…bht ala….i guess sex will be the word mostly serached by medical students…..so this ratio involves too in that stats…. i guess :)

  9. nomanrao says:

    Jazak Allah! you have done such a nice!

  10. faizan says:

    mash Allah

  11. warda says:

    good work atleast some of us are making effort to proof the wold that we are better than you think

  12. adeel khan says:

    glad to know that we have people among us who just dont read, but actually go and reaserach for reality…. Good work!

  13. eeee says:

    can you share ,, how did you found these trends.. ?

  14. Naeem Ahmad says:

    Good man, nice information for all of us…..thanks to share.

  15. @stolidimran says:

    great work… appreciate it

  16. Zain says:

    Amazing data and brilliantly written.

  17. Mehreen says:

    Good info. Thanks for sharing :)

  18. Hassan says:

    hey cool. I went to check myself and looks like pakistani's are searching for everything under the sun and are in the top few for history literature biology chemistry even political science! but we dont rank in the top ten for porn or related terms.

  19. zwq says:

    stats about education, scholarship and jobs are incorrect, pakistan isn't anywhere near the top 10 in those

  20. Adnan Khalid says:

    stats about 'education', 'scholarships' and 'job's are incorrect, pakistan is no where in the top 10 for those

  21. LOL- What a crap copy paste is done by this Kamran Javaid. This is originally my post posted on Pro-Pakistani and here is the link:
    http://propakistani.pk/2012/01/02/my-brighter-pak

    • taha says:

      your is dated on 2nd January,2012 and this post is on 1st January,2012. I think you should be accountable for plagiarism!

  22. trooper says:

    a trend that i found particularly surprising is that "Google trends" is searched most in Israel.

  23. Usman says:

    Very good, please.

  24. Anum says:

    great work kamran, u desrve to b apreciated!

  25. atiq says:

    This is really very well done! thank you Pakistan Today for published it! LOVE IT!

  26. Adnan says:

    Just goes on to show what a hypocritical society we live in

  27. faisal saghir says:

    Geo Pakistan

  28. Zain says:

    Great work sir!

  29. LOL- What a crap copy paste is done by this Kamran Javaid. This is originally my post posted on Pro-Pakistani and here is the link:
    http://propakistani.pk/2012/01/02/my-brighter-pak

  30. FSL says:

    Following google page shows trends per country , and statistics reported here are simply wrong. http://www.google.com/insights/search/#geo=PK&amp

  31. Mahmood Sadiq says:

    Well done, man!

  32. dr farooq memon says:

    thx alot bro we love PAKISTAN nd we love u too plz keep it up

  33. Al Gyan says:

    This is one and very fundamental wrong with us that we try to cover up or put our head in sand and invent excuses. Instead, we should create SHAHOOR among our youth. Afterall, we call ourselves " Islamic Republic Of Pakistan"!

  34. Murtaza Ali says:

    Thanks for giving the full perspective

  35. touseef says:

    great work done

  36. melleck says:

    Great share brother May Allah bless you. You are spreading the positive message rather than focusing on the negative. Keep it up. Jazak'Allah.

  37. kashif says:

    nice dig

  38. kanwal. says:

    Well go to http://www.google.com/insights and check for all these terms. Yes pakistan doesnt stand 1st on searching sex but second :) The data you provided in this article is not valid. Go and check authenticity of your data and then write.

  39. KHURRAM IFTIKHAR says:

    WELL SAID KAMRAN!! REST OF THE WORLD ARE TRYING TO INSULT PAKISTANI IN THE NAME OF ISLAM. THEY ARE USUALLY DEGRADE MUSLIM PEOPLE INFRONT OF THEM. NOW A DAYS PAKISTAN AND PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN ARE VICTIMAMIZE BY REST OF THE WORLD.

  40. Ikram says:

    Good info,

    Thanks for the awareness! :)

  41. sadia says:

    speechless answer!

  42. seemab mubarak says:

    thumbs up………..! im petrified……… great job man

  43. Khurram khan says:

    Great work

  44. Tyler Connolly says:

    interesting

  45. hannan4564 says:

    Hmmmm but i think we should also look on other search engine
    I agree That majority of our country is using Google As Primary Search Engine
    But people search on bing, AOL and Yahoo etc As well.

  46. khan says:

    thanks allot dear for presenting such a good statestics of the Pakistani society. Realy i was shamed to know that we are such a desprate country for sex.

  47. Noor says:

    That's why I say MEDIA has a very responsible role to play in keeping the morale of nation high;

    I hope Pakistani media realizes this, finds positive dimensions and starts working in the interest of Pakistan & not its enemies.

  48. Sikandar says:

    Plagiarism should be taken seriously by the Editor. Please check if this piece was stolen as per allegations above.

    Moreover, this note is just as pointless as the one about sex. Searching certain terms on Google is no benchmark of a nation, except that they can use Google. So lets not get all teary eyed on this little tid bit.

  49. justlove2lives says:

    Jazak Allah! you have done such a nice! http://www.bollywood-gossips.net

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  51. AAA says:

    Thanks for such a great article here. I was searching for something like this for quite a long time and at last I’ve found it on your blog. It was definitely interesting for me to read about web applications and their market situation nowadays. thanks one more time and keep posting such nice ones in the nearest future too.

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