South Africans love mom more than Money: Google trends

29 May 2015 - 13:30 By Times Live
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Manny and Money were beaten by mother's day and the new royal baby when it comes to what South Africans were searching in May.

Google Trends has revealed that despite being dubbed the "fight of the century", the bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao couldn't quite match searches relating to Mother's Day or the birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana in May.

Of this month's trend clusters 16 out of 127 related to mother's day.

That cluster included “mothers day messages, mother day quotes, and happy mothers day poems.”

Kate Middleton also featured highly, with South Africans typing in  searches like “royal baby, kate middleton baby, royal baby name, princess charlotte, and princess charlotte elizabeth diana,” to try and get the latest news.

That said the fight did knock soccer off the top spot for most searches related to sport.

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