Google's Top Search Terms of 2015 Reveal Asia's Differing Web Tastes
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Google, the world's largest search engine, released its annual lists of the most-searched terms on a country-by country basis this week.
While the differences between the Asian regions' search habits can be explained in part by web restrictions and varying degrees of press freedom, the lists do give a snapshot of the collective mindset of Asia's populations. A China list is conspicuous by its absence as the search giant is blocked in the land of the Great Firewall.