As 2019 comes to a close, it’s time to find out what Malaysians have been searching for on the Internet via Google over the past year. The tech firm compiles the searches and publishes the results in its annual Google Year in Search for Malaysia, or ‘Zeitgeist’, ranking the most searched items in a number of trending categories.
In the 2019 Search list, only one car made it to the top 10, and that was the Perodua Aruz, which made it on to the charts in 10th spot. The SUV was launched on January 15, and no surprise then that searches for the car were highest during the Jan 13-19 period.
While not mentioned in the report, which simply ranks items in their categories (and the auto/vehicles category was not defined or listed, as it was by 2017 when the Car Models category was dropped from the topic list), delving a bit deeper reveals that search rates were also high for the Toyota Yaris, which made its debut in April, and the Proton X50.
The Search list contained a curious mix of topics – cost of living allowance, or Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH), was the third most queried item, behind “Let Me Help You Eradicate Crowds” Thanos and Earth Day Quiz, which was the top trending topic in the Search list for the year.
Issues related to the economy and money remain high on people’s minds – in the News category, Budget 2020 was placed third, while the topic of petrol prices – despite the pricing of RON 95 and diesel remaining fixed throughout the year – was fifth. Expect the topic, which will see the price cap for RON 95 being removed in January with the implementation of the petrol subsidy programme (PSP), to feature strongly in the 2020 list.
As is the case with the Google annual list, a note about trending. This doesn’t actually mean “most searched for,” but rather about items that saw the largest increase in the amount of searches over the past year. As such, trending lists are likely to be dominated by items or topics that have suddenly generated high interest, or in the case of cars, newly-launched models.
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First keyword “Aruz” next keyword “problems”
JD survey says Aruz got the least problems what
I supposed this survey has debunked such claim about game changing Perodua Aruz is problematic. Instead, Proton X70 has the most problems. Hahahaha! Already game over but still wanna spread fake news in here.
https://paultan.org/2019/11/27/j-d-power-2019-malaysia-initial-quality-study-honda-jazz-city-and-cr-v-perodua-aruz-have-least-issues/
Tak payah fikir, takmau pening …
Beli X70
Oh you nailed it X70Buyer!
This survey reliability has debunked themselves as being credible. Too bad mate https://paultan.org/2019/11/21/j-d-power-to-exit-asean-and-australia-markets/
Thank you PT for this game changing article! This is the proof that Malaysian trust Japanese quality over an unknown Chinese quality. Moreover, Malaysian are proud of Perodua as seen by many Perodua cars in the roads. This is why Perodua sales is 2-3X of that Proton.
We all have to thank Japan for Perodua success. Without Toyota giving their car to Perodua for rebadging, Perodua probably would have close their shops and game over already
Thank you so much to geely china for helping nyawa-nyawa ikan p1 to survive. P1 is about to bankrap but geely china help. Many time already p1 wanna bankrap. Lastime so good happy marriage wif mitsubishi but then Dumb by mitsubishi becos too hiaw wanna flirt other brand n too stupiak wif high ego they tot they better than mitusbishi. Then wanna flirt wif VW but VW not stupiak and know abt p1 bad stupiak past n p1 stick kuat kecik mana VW mau. Then wanna hiaw honda, 1 nite stand n have a hard-to-sell baby name accordana. And then married wif suzuki sekejap then cerai, got baby name ertiga but now ertiga lari ikut mama suzuki. Now becos p1 duda 4 5 kali nobody wanna layan sudah, end up play around wif cheenadoll n have problematic anak name x70.
After cheenadoll sudah kenyang sapu habis, then p1 story end packing balik kampung tanah buah tanam sayur tutup kedai.
Actually those who search for Aruz are wondering where does this model come from? Some are wondering why it looks like a certain Toyota? Some are comparing the specs because they wonder why there’s a 20k price difference between the twins?
But.. not each google search means a unit has been bought. If so, that’s just .. insane..
Most higher problems are x70 in JD survey.
JD Power is losing business because nobody trust them anymore. How reliable is their survey results if nobody trust them?
Only gather 38 samples per car model, 38 owners experience can represent 10k owners?
It should be;
Highest problem is x70 as per JD survey.
I’ve tried to understand yr sentence for a while and it turns out to be as ‘reliable’ as JD survey.
U are demmm right bro. “Highest” is the best word to describe the most “highest” problems x70. Those people who are veli veli denial cannot accept the fact that x70 have the most “highest” problem. Soon to be failed x70.
Highest SUV sales in 2019 you mean….
Perusahan Otomobil Dua Aruz is highest Google Malaysia searched by bots doesn’t yield highest sales achieved
Perodua+Fanboys+Anuz+Hurting
We searched for the number of accidents caused by this bullshit.
Next year 2020 will be the new Perodua Rocky the highest and favourite search in google.
Malaysian top search for December 2019 is “Zul Ariffin”…
Thumbs up for the Aruz! I think the Aruz looks cool and aggressive. But friends around me said it’s ugly… Now I’m not sure about my taste…
Ur frens around u have been enlightened by the superiorness of X70. Its high time u get urself acquainted and converted.
@Haidi, you should wait for next year. It’s going to be exciting. I wonder how many SUV/compact SUV will launch next year. Until then, keep your money because there might be more cool and aggressive looking car in the near future.
Sadly the sales doesn’t go as top as the search.
really?do you have the figure?you are dreaming dude…