War and sport dominate Swiss Google searches in 2022
Police officers look at fragments of Russian rockets that hit Kharkiv, Ukraine, on December 3
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The war in Ukraine and sporting events had people heading for search engine Google more than anything else this year. The search terms of the year were “Ukraine”, followed by “WM 2022” for the football World Cup, currently underway in Qatar, and the online game “Wordle”.
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Guerra e esporte dominam as buscas suíças no Google em 2022
Euro 2021 and Covid remained dominant terms, Google announced on Wednesday. With the beginning of the war in Ukraine in February, the search interest in the country and current events there increased.
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