What Malaysians search with Google in 2008?

2008 has been a year of change in Malaysia and people have certainly been using Google to access information about these changes.

The fastest rising searched items documented the rise in popularity of local news portals like Malaysiakini and Malaysia Today.

Politics was also a topic of great interest in Malaysia this year, with searches aimed not only at politicians like Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang, but also significant political events such as this year’s general election.

Local car brand Perodua Nautica, Olympic badminton medalist Lee Chong Wei and domestic travel destination Terengganu also figured prominently.

Each of these lists shows the fastest rising searches, meaning these were the search terms that saw the largest increase in searches during 2008, as compared to 2007. Take a look below to get sense of the zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, in Malaysia for 2008!