Hot Searches – August 2011

August 2011 saw a wide range of news, sports and social related events top Australian search history.

The below issues and events are the Sodafizz hot 5 searches for August 2011:

Daniel Morcombe

Another tragic event created large interest was in relation to Daniel Morcombe. With a man being charged for his murder on August 13 and the ongoing search for remains generated huge search volume during the entire month.

London Riots

These horrific events took place in early August lead to huge volumes of searches across Australia. With many Australians and Ex-pats having strong links to England there was great interest to find out news and other information via search.

Australian Census

This nation wide, once every 5 years, survey took place on August 9 2011. With the option, for the second time, to fill the form online with “eCensus” many Australians were searching for more info leading up to the Census date.

AFL

As the national premiership continued into its penultimate month of the season increase searches were made into results, teams, players and news. With several signings and changes to coaching staff occurring in the month as well as a build up in interest as the finals get closer.

Sydney City To Surf

This Sydney fun-run occurred on August 14 driving huge interest, especially from NSW, in the lead up to the event as well as afterwards as entrants searched and compared performances. There was nation-wide interest in the race as many donors to the charity event had vested interest.

Search is an ever changing environment, staying atop of online trends can work to your advantage in your online marketing campaigns.

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