Google's 'how to…' searches by town prove regional stereotypes pretty accurate
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Your support makes all the difference.Google is full of interesting auto-fill questions and queries that that give an insight into the real questions burning in people's minds (see: 'why am I so alone'), but for the first time Google has broken down their popularity by city.
It released the top three 'How to…' searches for each location as part of its Year in Search zeitgeist review, ranging from the thrilling ('how to kiss') to the mundane ('how to crochet'), and they often say a lot about what's going on in each city.
London is lonely and needs to de-stress…
How to kiss
How to draw
How to meditate
Oxford is suitably academic…
How to paraphrase
How to draw
How to crochet
Bristol is a city of lazy anarchists…
How to squat
How to hack
How to sleep
Manchester loves crafts…
How to crochet
How to draw
How to knit
Edinburgh is struggling with new-fangled technology…
How to kiss
How to Skype
How to study
Cardiff is into really old web-trends…
How to draw
How to watch
How to plank
Belfast still doesn't know how to shuffle…
How to shuffle
How to hypnotize
How to animate
Leeds also struggling with 'the PC'...
How to kiss
How to study
How to Skype
Glasgow might be using search #3 as an answer to #1...
How to kiss
How to draw
How to hypnotize
Birmingham is pretty norm…
How to draw
How to kiss
How to sleep
Newcastle does a lot of decorating…
How to kiss
How to draw
How to wallpaper
Liverpool gets its hands dirty…
How to draw
How to kiss
How to plaster
Brighton is disappointingly mundane in its searches…
How to kiss
How to draw
How to plank
Nottingham needs better schools…
How to kiss
How to hypnotize
How to spell
Cambridge sounds idyllic…
How to massage
How to shuffle
How to decorate
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