{"id":1068,"date":"2021-12-07T23:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2021-12-07T23:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:28:43","slug":"sport-covid-news-and-cryptocurrency-dominate-australias-year-in-search-on-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"Sport, COVID news and cryptocurrency dominate Australia&#8217;s year in search on Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Australia is a nation of sport lovers, and we&#8217;ve got the data to prove it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Google has released its year in search list for 2021, and sports took out seven of the\u00a0top 10 spots in Australia overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">However, the most googled sport wasn&#8217;t local but the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The NBA&#8217;s enduring popularity down under is evident in the previous year&#8217;s list, in which it came in third behind the US elections and coronavirus.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3 _3sGZp\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100681606\" title=\"Google year in search overall 2021\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Overall searches in Australia:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"_2X-83 _3g3d5 bjENO\" data-component=\"List\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">1.<\/span>NBA<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">2.<\/span>AFL<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">3.<\/span>Australia vs India<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">4.<\/span>NRL<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">5.<\/span>Euro 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">6.<\/span>Wimbledon<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">7.<\/span>Olympic medal tally<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">8.<\/span>COVID NSW<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">9.<\/span>Coinspot<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">10.<\/span>Prince Philip<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em>Source: Google Year in Search 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Google dominates as the biggest search engine, purportedly accounting for\u00a0up 95 per cent of all search activity on the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Alfonso Lamadrid, a lawyer for Google&#8217;s parent company Alphabet, has claimed the<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-28\/google-tells-judges-it-s-so-popular-it-s-bing-s-top-search-term\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" rel=\"noopener\"> most common search query on rival Microsoft&#8217;s search engine Bing<\/a> is &#8220;by far, Google&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Google&#8217;s annual &#8220;year in search&#8221; report breaks down the top search trends globally as well as for each country using\u00a0the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/?geo=AU\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly available tool Google Trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">This data\u00a0provides an insight into the information people seek and what keywords are needed for websites to get a high ranking in Google&#8217;s search results.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Searching for the Barty party<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">This year Australia&#8217;s top five searches overall were rounded out by the AFL, Australia vs India (cricket), NRL and Euro 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Wimbledon came in at sixth, but overall tennis was a popular topic with people also searching for Ash Barty, Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100681638\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100681638\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young female tennis player in white dress and hat pumps her fist on a grass court.\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" data-component=\"Image\" data-nojs=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/cb8d56dc131acb42ae23ef069405b88e?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=3333&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=48&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young female tennis player in white dress and hat pumps her fist on a grass court.\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/cb8d56dc131acb42ae23ef069405b88e?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=3333&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=48&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" sizes=\"100vw\" data-component=\"Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" id=\"100681638\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"> <!-- -->Tennis champion Ash Barty was the second-most searched for Aussie by Australians in 2021.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Australians were keen to find out the results of the Olympic medal tally, and celebrate the achievements of gold-medal\u00a0swimmer Ariarne Titmus and runner <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-08-04\/peter-bol-fourth-olympic-games-tokyo-800m-final\/100351228\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100351228\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">They also wanted to learn <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-07-26\/what-country-is-roc-tokyo-olympics-russia-doping\/100323416\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100323416\" rel=\"noopener\">the meaning of ROC<\/a> at the Tokyo Olympics, which allowed Russian athletes to compete at the Games.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">COVID NSW top search news event<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3 _3sGZp\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100681620\" title=\"Google year in search news 2021\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">News events searches in Australia:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"_2X-83 _3g3d5 bjENO\" data-component=\"List\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">1.<\/span>COVID NSW<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">2.<\/span>Cleo Smith<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">3.<\/span>QLD COVID update<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">4.<\/span>Alec Baldwin<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">5.<\/span>Coronavirus Victoria<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">6.<\/span>William Tyrrell<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">7.<\/span>Bert Newton<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">8.<\/span>Christian Porter<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">9.<\/span>Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">10.<\/span>Melbourne earthquake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em>Source: Google Year in Search 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and Australians are still hungry for information as they face unexpected changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;COVID NSW&#8221; was the seventh top search trend overall in 2021, and the top searched news event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;QLD COVID update&#8221; was the third-searched for news event and &#8220;coronavirus Victoria&#8221; was the fifth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Questions about the COVID vaccine dominated searches for &#8220;how to\u2026?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The number one was &#8220;how to get vaccination certificate&#8221;, followed by &#8220;how to book COVID vaccine&#8221; in sixth, &#8220;how to link medicare to mygov&#8221; in eighth, &#8220;how to book pfizer vaccine&#8221; in ninth and &#8220;million dollar vax how to enter&#8221; in tenth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Australians also wanted to know <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-12-01\/how-omicron-compares-to-past-covid-19-variants\/100662486\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100662486\" rel=\"noopener\">the meaning of Omicron<\/a>, which emerged as a variant of concern in late November.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Growing interest in cryptocurrency<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3 _299hJ\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100129636\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"_1srdy fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _3EOTW\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-05-10\/what-is-dogecoin-elon-musk-saturday-night-live\/100128024\" data-component=\"MediaObject\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"RCbfz dA4xg _2q0YW\">\n<h3 class=\"_157vS _3YGKF wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\"><span>What is Dogecoin?<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"_2w1Dd\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A yellow illustration of dogecoin.\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ _10f2V\" data-component=\"Image\" data-nojs=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/6a5b4feaf401188b77c8271b6bd1b7d9?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2813&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=225&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A yellow illustration of dogecoin.\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/6a5b4feaf401188b77c8271b6bd1b7d9?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2813&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=225&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ _10f2V\" data-component=\"Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_3PR0j _3rsys _1cBaI _3VnJp _10YQT\" data-component=\"Typography\">How much is a meme worth to you? For the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, named in honour of the dog that swept the internet in 2013, the answer could be more than\u00a0$100 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_2hGMn\"><span class=\"rMkro _1cBaI _3VnJp _10YQT\" data-component=\"Typography\">Read more<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" data-component=\"ArrowRight\" class=\"_1_xkG _2-7Xl _2f44p\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m13 19 7-7-7-7\"\/><path stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M20 12H3\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Rolling into ninth place on the overall searched for list was\u00a0Australian-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinSpot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Cryptocurrency is a topic that didn&#8217;t appear on the list in 2020, but had a spike in search interest in the first half of 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Tech billionaire Elon Musk helped drive some of the search traffic on crypto with his tweets on the topic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Musk also\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-05-10\/what-is-dogecoin-elon-musk-saturday-night-live\/100128024\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100128024\" rel=\"noopener\">name-dropped Dogecoin when he appeared on Saturday Night Live<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">This\u00a0year &#8220;how to buy dogecoin&#8221; was the fourth most searched for &#8220;how to&#8221; question in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">People also wanted to know the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/science\/2021-03-06\/nft-crypto-digital-art-could-be-bonanza-for-artists\/13220228\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/13220228\" rel=\"noopener\">meaning of NFT<\/a>, which stands for non-fungible tokens.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _3sGZp\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100681626\" title=\"Google year in search how to\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">&#8216;How to&#8217; searches in Australia:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"_2X-83 _3g3d5 bjENO\" data-component=\"List\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">1.<\/span>How to get vaccination certificate<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">2.<\/span>How to tie a tie<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">3.<\/span>How to deliver uber eats<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">4.<\/span>How to buy dogecoin<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">5.<\/span>How to watch olympics australia<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">6.<\/span>How to book COVID vaccine<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">7.<\/span>How to watch euro 2021 in australia<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">8.<\/span>How to link medicare to mygov<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">9.<\/span>How to book Pfizer vaccine<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">10.<\/span>Million dollar vax how to enter<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em>Source: Google Year in Search 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Prince Philip and Bert Newton remembered<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Prince Philip, who <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-04-09\/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-aged-99\/8496412\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/8496412\" rel=\"noopener\">died in April aged 99<\/a>, was the tenth most-searched for topic overall this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">He was also the top person searched for relating to &#8220;loss&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Australian television <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-10-30\/bert-newton-dead-logie-winner-patti-channel-nine\/100128054\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100128054\" rel=\"noopener\">presenter Bert Newton<\/a> came in at third on the list.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3 _299hJ\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100583454\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"_1srdy fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _3EOTW\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-10-30\/bert-newton-remembered-as-giant-of-the-industry\/100583298\" data-component=\"MediaObject\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"RCbfz dA4xg _2q0YW\">\n<h3 class=\"_157vS _3YGKF wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\"><span>Bert Newton remembered<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"_2w1Dd\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bert Newton\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ _10f2V\" data-component=\"Image\" data-nojs=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/6d6a17a361e342fd4774f132e91d4fb1?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1688&amp;cropW=3000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=143&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bert Newton\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/6d6a17a361e342fd4774f132e91d4fb1?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1688&amp;cropW=3000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=143&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ _10f2V\" data-component=\"Image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_3PR0j _3rsys _1cBaI _3VnJp _10YQT\" data-component=\"Typography\">Television icon Bert Newton is being remembered as a &#8220;giant of the industry&#8221; and the &#8220;ultimate entertainer&#8221; after he died in Melbourne on Saturday at the\u00a0age of\u00a083.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_2hGMn\"><span class=\"rMkro _1cBaI _3VnJp _10YQT\" data-component=\"Typography\">Read more<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" data-component=\"ArrowRight\" class=\"_1_xkG _2-7Xl _2f44p\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m13 19 7-7-7-7\"\/><path stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M20 12H3\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Other high-profile\u00a0people who\u00a0died this year were\u00a0British comedian <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-08-18\/comedian-sean-lock-dies-aged-58\/100388978\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100388978\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Lock<\/a>, music icon\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-03-02\/michael-gudinski-dead-age-68-mushroom-records\/13206284\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/13206284\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Gudinski<\/a>, fashion designer <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-04-03\/carla-zampatti-fashion-designer-dies-aged-78\/100047382\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100047382\" rel=\"noopener\">Carla Zampatti<\/a>, actress <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-04-17\/peaky-blinders-actor-helen-mccrory-dies-of-cancer-at-52\/100076108\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100076108\" rel=\"noopener\">Helen McCrory<\/a> and late night talk show host\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-01-24\/larry-king-veteran-us-talk-show-host-dead-aged-87\/13028868\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/13028868\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry King<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">But it was American woman Gabby Petito who captivated Australians, who searched for answers about where she was after the 22-year-old went missing in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Sadly <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-10-13\/coroner-gabby-petito-strangled-up-to-4-weeks-before-body-found\/100534208\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100534208\" rel=\"noopener\">Ms Petito was found dead<\/a>, believed to have been murdered by her\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-10-22\/fbi-gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-human-remains-identified\/100559274\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100559274\" rel=\"noopener\">boyfriend Brian Laundrie<\/a>, who was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">In another tragic case, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-03-20\/sarah-everard-death-one-week-on\/13261376\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/13261376\" rel=\"noopener\">British woman Sarah Everard<\/a> was kidnapped as she walked home from a friend&#8217;s house in south London in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Policeman Wayne Couzens falsely arrested Ms Everard before raping and murdering her. Couzens, 48, was sentenced to life behind bars with no chance of parole.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _3sGZp\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/100681696\" title=\"Google year in search loss\">\n<h2 class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Loss-related searches in Australia:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"_2X-83 _3g3d5 bjENO\" data-component=\"List\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">1.<\/span>Prince Philip<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">2.<\/span>Gabby Petito<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">3.<\/span>Bert Newton<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">4.<\/span>Brian Laundrie<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">5.<\/span>Sean Lock<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">6.<\/span>Michael Gudinski<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">7.<\/span>Sarah Everard<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">8.<\/span>Carla Zampatti<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">9.<\/span>Helen McCrory<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\"><span class=\"_216m9 _25z0-\">10.<\/span>Larry King<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em>Source: Google Year in Search 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-12-08\/google-year-in-search-australia-2021-covid-nba\/100680910\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is a nation of sport lovers, and we&#8217;ve got the data to prove it. Google has released its year in search list for 2021, and sports took out seven of the\u00a0top 10 spots in Australia overall. However, the most googled sport wasn&#8217;t local but the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States. 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