I saw this post by Geek Sg on the top 100 sites for Singapore with data provided by Alexa. Putting aside the doubts on the methodology in acquiring the data, what the data shows us is that Singaporeans are poor. Why? A recent post on Techcrunch highlights that poor people are more likely to use Yahoo and those better off more likely to use Google.
The data is interesting and I probably should take a closer look at the sites on the list once I get the time. One quick comment though - For Singapore’s version of Yahoo, the subdomain is sg.yahoo.com. So, I think if you go to www.yahoo.com or sg.yahoo.com, it counts as going to the same site. For Google, the domain is www.google.com.sg. If you see the list, both google.com and google.com.sg appear on the list. I wonder if the combined traffic for those two sites might push Google as the top search engine for people in Singapore. If so, then Singaporeans are RICH!
Priss | 20-Feb-08 at 8:32 am | Permalink
Your comparison is only valid if Singapore was in America.
And Singaporeans are rich, relatively speaking, to let’s say Africans. I don’t think African kids are surfing using yahoo (if you get what I mean)
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iantimothy | 20-Feb-08 at 10:15 am | Permalink