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23 Thousand Google Keywords are Searched during The Holy Month

Jakarta, Indonesia - Google reported that there are around 23 thousand keywords in its search feature during Ramadan, increased 40% from the amount of searching last month. Food, beverages, clothing, electronic goods, travel, personal care, telecommunications, and activities during fasting are the common keywords that the users usually searched in this holy month, as the users  are looking for this information to help carry out worship in the holy month of Ramadan, Google Indonesia head of marketing Veronica Utami stated on Thursday (5/16).

During the press release of Google Ramadan features, Veronice also mentioned that the number of downloaded applications on the Google Play Store is increased and recorded until up to 20 percent. She said that the increased numbers are because people have more activities including wake up early for sahoor, and there are some increase during the lunch time.

Furthermore, Veronica also said that the viewers of YouTube videos increased by 40 percent during Ramadan. This number is obtained by Google based on the user's watch time on the top 100 channels on YouTube. This happened because during sahoor, people are watching a lot of videos too, then usually during lunch, they spend about 1 hour watching videos on YouTube.

What do you usually search to prepare for the holy month?

Source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20190517193502-192-395880/google-catat-23-ribu-kata-kunci-dicari-selama-ramadan