(15 December 2010) - Goal.com was the fifth highest rising Google search
in Ghana in 2010, the Internet search engine has revealed.

The world’s largest new media football community, Goal.com attracts over 15
million unique monthly users from every country on earth. Founded in 2004 by
Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni, Goal.com enlists the expertise of 550 editors
and reporters from around the world to provide local coverage of the
beautiful game, making its content the only truly representative available.


The findings cap off a successful year for Goal.com in Ghana, with its
coverage of the African Cup of Nations 2010 the most comprehensive in the
nation and with the destination quickly becoming the go-to place for many
media outlets looking for the latest news and developments.

Goal.com is joined in Google’s top 10 list of the fastest rising searches of
2010 by ‘World Cup’ – testament to the surge in activity in Ghana around the
2010 FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa – as well as ‘Facebook’, ‘Skype’
and striker ‘Asanoah Gyan’.

A statement from Google comments that: “Ghanaians also demonstrated their
ongoing love for football by searching for the World Cup, Goal.com, the
Premier League and Asanoah Gyan, our star striker.”

As well as covering local events, Goal.com serves to provide news, exclusive
interviews, features and other such content from the world’s most popular
leagues including the English Premier League.

Goal.com reporter in Ghana, Kent Mensah, said: “The last 12 months have been
a huge success for Goal.com in Ghana, and our coverage of high profile
events such as the African Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup helped us
to reach new audiences.”

??*Fastest rising searches, Ghana, 2010

*

1. waptrick.com

2. Opera

3. World cup

4. facebook.com

5. goal.com

6. skype

7. premier league

8. Ipad

9. Storm over paradise

10. Asanoah Gyan

?For more information, please visit *
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2010/*



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For further information, please contact Will Wood, Goal.com PR Director, on
will.wood@goal.com.