Are Internet users looking for a place to rest on vacation when they search for the most googled countries? Or maybe it’s an interest motivated by news that makes the Americans search for different countries on Google? Truth is that the internet is the perfect support every time we need to clear up the capital of any foreign country, find out more information about the emerging war somewhere, picture yourself on a Caribbean beach or just for cheating a little bit in order to complete the list of every state of US following Friends style.
Google drafts every year – the United States even has a monthly list – the most searched words classified in different, diverse and strange categories like calorie searches, whiskies, celebrity pregnancies or dog questions. Last year, for example, Robin Williams was at the top of the general ranking, followed by the Football World Cup in Brazil. Google also has a country and regions list we used to answer what the 11 most googled countries in America are. Besides the annual ranking, the company provides another stat: the most searched countries trending. This category is strongly affected by the news. In 2014, for example, we can find Ukraine at the top of the list, followed by Korea and Nigeria, maybe in an attempt to clarify what we heard on the TV news. It should be noted also that Google does not offer the data of the search terms on its site but a list by subject. It means that they choose the meaningful terms and they discard others keywords more searched like ‘weather’ or ’email’. In the Seattle Organic SEO you can find more information about it.
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However, as Google is not the only searching tool of the world, we have considered also the stats of the second web search engine company, Bing, which belongs to Microsoft. Bing only offers a draft related to countries, called Vacation Destinations. This selection criteria is, a priori, more restricted than Google’s because it sometimes involves countries and others just a city and they seem to be searched only for holiday purposes.
So, for making this list we are going to focus only in Google’s draft due to the importance of the company in modern marketing and research. It is so big that there are studies that base their conclusions in the research people make on the site. Check, for example, this article about the 20 Most Racist Places in America According To Google. And mostly because we have invented an entire new word for searching on the Internet with its name!
11. Brazil
The largest country in South America is said to be one of the major players in the global economy for a number of years now. Its importance in recent years has grown with the organization of some world events as the World Cup or the next Olympics in 2016.
10. Puerto Rico
American as a legal status but Latin in the heart, the island of Puerto Rico has a special status in its controversial relationship with the US.
9. Australia
It is the third English speaking country of the list. Far away and full of exoticism, but close culturally, it seems to attract the interest of many millions of Americans.
8. Italy
The picture from Toscana landscapes with the cypress in both sides of the road and the old and romantic villas comes first to our head with the mention of Italy. Cradle of the Renaissance, it’s the centre of the world if we are speaking about Arts or History. Its tie to the US is by personal stories of thousands of immigrants.
7. Japan
Innovation comes from Japan. And cars, and manga, and sushi. And the origin of a culture based on harmony, balance and tradition. Japan attracts millions of tourists every year with its landscapes of fiction.
6. United Kingdom
The two countries separated by a common language, as the joke said. More than history ties these lands. Not as awesome as America of course, England gets the best result for a European nation in the 11 most Googled countries in America list.
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5. China
The power of China is growing fast. The Asian giant is a competitor in different markets and all its policies are followed closely by the US Government. It is also the home country of one of the most deeply rooted in American soil communities and its ancient culture increasingly awakens the interest of the Western citizen.
4. Canada
US and Canada share the biggest border on Earth, a language and a culture and trade relationships so the interest in each other is clear.
3. India
It is one of the most growing economies of the world and part of the select club of BRIC’s for emerging countries. It’s destined to play a preeminent role in the future and one of the hardest competitors for the US in the IT field and telecom.
2. Mexico
Keeping a watch on the neighbour? Mexico, also a classic in the second position, shares with America 3.185 km of border, a history, millions of personal stories and a lot of political and social interests. And it is the favourite place for holidays, as we read on The New York Times.
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1. United States
What Americans type the most in the Google search bar starts at home. At the top of the list of the most googled countries in America resists the United States after almost 11 years of reign. So, the interest in our own business is guaranteed.
