For South Africans the most popular search terms around “love” have been “lyrics”, “quotes” and “love poems” – which seems to indicate there are still a few old school romantics out there.
Surprisingly, the most interest for the search term ‘valentine’s day’ originates from Gauteng with ‘valentine’s day ideas’ coming out tops as a popular search. Results also show that ‘Gautengers’ are the main users looking for love songs on the web.
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The search queries that you see as part of Google’s Autocomplete are also a reflection of the search activity of web users – South Africans have been looking for the most romantic things to say to a girl, the most romantic songs of 2010 and the most romantic movies amongst others.
Not sure how to express your love to your significant other? Why not try saying ‘I love you’ in a different language? The most popular languages with South Africans have been Italian, Spanish, French, German, Hebrew and Zulu, with some users looking to find a way to say those three important words in code.