[Marshall Placid]

Found this article and thought it was interesting.

What do you guys think?

Cost Obsessions Around the World (http://www.fixr.com/blog/2015/04/17/world-of-obsessions/)

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/World1-map-google-words.png


Google’s autocomplete function provides suggestions derived from common Google searches by other users. Comparing autocomplete results for searches on different countries reveals how certain places are perceived by people around the World.

It turns out that Google searches for the cost of something vary widely depending on the country of interest. For example, people are most interested in the cost of a passport or a patent in North America. As for Europe, many are concerned about practical things like the cost of living, studying, or buying a beer. Google users are interested in basic necessities such as food, livestock, and fuel in Africa. But if you look closely, you will find some more controversial search results, such as prostitution in Brazil, Ukraine, Hong Kong, and Latvia; slaves in Mauritania; a kidney in Iran; in vitro fertilization in Australia; and rhinoplasty in Korea.
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http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/North-america-2-1.png

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/Asia-1.png

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/South-America-1.png

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/Europe-1.png

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/Africa-1.png

http://www.fixr.com/blog/content/images/2015/04/Australia-1.png

[willystyle]

Prostitution in HK. Not a surprise! Lol

[MeowMeow]

Rhinoplasty in Korea. Not a surprise! Lol

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

is it me or does it seem like only russians got their heads screwed on right in this case.

everyone else is just an animal.

why would you want a beer or food when u can fly a fucking mig.

there's no nation that searches up space. that's sad.

[underscore]

Is Chile searching for Coca Cola, or cocaine?

[Vansterdam]

prostitutes,camels,horses and coke :lawl:

[StylinRed]

i suspect some of these countries results are affected by tourists searches, since they're also lacking internet usage in those areas, like Cuba ;)

[murd0c]

I have searched about my passport in the past 6 months lol

[CivicBlues]

So...
Canadians can't wait to leave the country
Americans are full of ideas and/or want legal backing for it
Mexicans are Fat
Brazilians, Thais, and Cambodians are horny

:whistle:

[tool001]

Rhinoplasty in Korea. Not a surprise! Lol

mostly expats use google in Korea.. most koreans use daum or naver..


but then again..... lol