Pokemon Go tops Scots' Google searches in 2016
But according to data revealed by the internet search engine today, dwellers in Edinburgh and Glasgow both had a far more pressing question on their minds - what is Pokemon Go?
Queries on how to play the Japanese smart phone game, which was released in the UK to ecstatic reviews in July, topped the list of most popular searches in both cities for 2016.
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Hide AdUnlike other major UK cities, residents in Edinburgh and Glasgow did not ask how to vote - perhaps a reflection on the number of major elections and referendums taking place in Scotland in recent years.
Bizarrely, the 10th most searched for question in Edinburgh asked what Mountain of Butterflies is - a reference to the discovery of the overwintering place of the graceful monarch butterfly had taken several decades of searching by thousands of volunteers.
Other commonly asked questions in the two cities included how to make pasta, omelettes and even how to cook a leg of lamb.
Matt Cooke, Head of Google’s News Lab in London said: “The diversity in the top 10 most trending topics of the year show how which political events have dominated the zeitgeist.”
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