With the internet dictating our lives, it is no surprise that Google has become our best friend. After all it has answers to all the possible questions you can have. Try Googling how to be my boss’s favourite or make good food or simply how to kiss and you are likely to get a long list of answers. While 2014 has been full of important events that overtook our lives like the general elections or India’s mission to mars, Magalayaan there are several other things that Indians Googled that made it to the top list. Take a look.
IRCTC: The Indian railway’s online portal, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) topped the search list. Well looks like Indians travelled a whole lot this year and given the fact that IRCT doesn’t really work 101 times out of 100, they also had a whole lot of time and patience this year.
Flipkart: Flipkart takes the second position in this search. Well considering all the time and money we put into online shopping we really aren’t surprised. However Flipkart can attribute this top position to their #BigBillionDay sale fiasco which ended up with people receiving stones instead of phones.
SBI Online: State Bank of India’s online portal was the third most searched site taking banking in India to a totally different level. We are guessing that the reason for the spot in the top 10 list was the SBI clerk online exam that went viral promising jobs to multiple candidates.
Snapdeal: Another E-commerce site, Snapdeal came a close fourth in this list of top Indian Google searches. While online shopping craze and Snapdeals low prices are reasons for its popularity, the site has also been involved in controversies where people have received wood instead of low priced electronics. Tsk Tsk.
PNR Status: With IRCTC being the top searched site on Google it doesn’t come as a surprise that PNR status is fifth in line. Looks like there were a lot of worried travellers this year! Of course with a one billion population and just a few thousand trains to commute, travelling is war in this country.
HDFC Netbanking: Banks going online has just made our lives so much easier. HDFC in November this year came up with a unique technology that allowed the site to function that a regular speed despite multiple users logged in at the same time. Good going HDFC. IRCTC please take note!
Cricbuzz: In a nation where cricket is a religion, Cricbuzz being on the list comes as no surprise. After all cricket matches, IPLs and match fixing controversies do happen all year around.
Google Translate: We are the county of 18 officially accepted languages so this is a big need for us. Google’s addition of 10 new languages to the translator, one of them being Malayalam could be another reason for its popularity.
Times of India: Well we all need to know which scam came to light and who was murdered, raped or cheated in our country, right?
Amazon: Amazon is another site that provides the best shopping deals and with their one plus one offer and popularity in the outskirts of India, the e-commerce site sure rocked the nation.
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