Have you ever thought about how your searching habits on Google have changed over the years? Well, not only have we seen technological advancements, but there's something quite different in how people "google" things nowadays.
In a way, we're much smarter with technology, much more efficient and just know how to get the information we couldn't have gotten a few years back. All taken from Google Trends, here's how people in the United Arab Emirates have changed their googling habits since 2008.
Back in 2008 …
1. People were still kinda curious about their own country
2. Tamer Hosny and Elissa were trending alongside Obama
In 2009 things started changing quite a bit
3. The rise of the digital age took off. People had to Google what Youtube, Facebook and Gmail actually were
4. People even had to google what spam and 3G are
5. It also looks like people were not sure what love is (See #3 above)
Now in 2012 the Google searches shifted …
6. People were looking for more entertainment, technology, and worldwide trends including "Gangnam Style"
7. People had quite a balance between looking for regional famous people versus global ones
And here's what happened in 2013 …
8. Mohammed Assaf and Bassem Youssef were among the TOP trending people in the UAE
9. Arab Idol made its way to most searched TV show … I guess it took a second season to get people excited
Now in 2014, things took quite an interesting turn …
10. People were becoming "religious" as googling Ramadan was quite common
11. Of course, Amal Alamuddin was the only Arab to be among the most searched people that year
You can probably relate to the 2015 searches …
12. People became more and more interested in getting the latest iPhone and watching hit movies
13. People were just so curious about Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner), they had to google it not once, but like 10 times
