Top Google searches in Health Issues for 2014
The popular Google search engine has become part of our everyday lives, as well enables us to monitor developments in any subject area of interest.
In 2014, users typed trillion of words and phrases, searching for answers to every question.
According to the latest report of Google about the trends that prevailed in web search during the last year, topping the list of the top searches was the sudden death of Robin Williams last August. In second place was the World Cup held in Brazil and in third place was the dramatic epidemic of Ebola virus in West Africa.
It should be noted that the death of Robin Williams led to a domino of searches related to depression tests and other mental health issues.
Regarding the outbreak of Ebola, the spread of the virus scattered terror in every corner of the planet, so the users sought fervently information concerning the virus (modes of transmission, symptoms, etc.) and articles from news networks, in order to know how the epidemic is evolving within and outside Africa.
We should not of course forget to mention the successful campaign ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which caused a sensation through social networks and turn heads in an unfamiliar to the general public disease. Millions of users reasonably asked the Google «Why all these throw cold water on their heads?", The answer to this question gives rise to other questions, such as what is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or disease of Lou Gehrig) and how will be used the money raised from the action.
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