I was perusing through Google Insights for search and I decided to run a simple search about Tanzania Web Search Interest from 2009. It showed some interesting results I would like to share.
(Based on 29/11/2009 query result)

TOP TEN:
1. Tanzania
This is the most searched keyword from compound keywords (Bank Of Tanzania, Open University Tanzania, Tanzania news, Tanzania government, Tanzania online, Tanzania daima, Vodacom tanzania and Air tanzania)

2. Yahoo
The second most searched keyword from compound keywords (mail yahoo, yahoo messenger, yahoo sign in, yahoo.com mail, yahoo.com)

3. Michuzi
From compound keywords (michuzi blog, michuzi issa, michuzi tanzania, michuzi blogspot, michuzi blog tanzania, issa michuzi blog,michuzi news)

4. Mail
From compound keywords (yahoo mail, yahoo.com mail, www.yahoo.com mail, the mail, google mail)

5.Yahoo.com
From compound keywords (yahoo.com mail, yahoo, yahoo mail, www.yahoo.com)

6. Yahoo mail
From compound keywords (yahoo sign in,yahoo.com mail, yahoo.com)

7. Yahoo.com
From compound keywords (www.yahoo.com mail, yahoo, yahoo.com, www.yahoomail. com)

8.Lyrics
From compound keywords (song lyrics, music lyrics, beyonce lyrics, lil wayne lyrics, akon lyrics, michael jackson lyrics, michael jackson)

9.Google
From compound keywords (google earth, google tanzania, google maps, google map, google chrome, google mail, search google, scholar google, google talk, google earth download)

10. Facebook
From compound keywords (login facebook, facebook Tanzania)

Based on the above data; My views
1. We don't know the URLs of our important websites (Bank Of Tanzania, Open University Tanzania, Tanzania news, Tanzania government, Tanzania online, Tanzania daima, Vodacom tanzania and Air tanzania) thats why we use an american based website (google) to help us get to our websites.

2.Yahoo appeared on no.2, 4, 5, 6 & 7. This shows most of Tanzanians we use yahoo mail and we don't type the yahoo address in address bar (why? - may be we don't know the address / we don't know how to use address bar/ It is easy by using Google/ we don't bother to know as long as Google is there / That is how we are used to do it ).

3. There is no doubt that Michuzi blog is among the famous blogs in Tanzania. For the keyword "michuzi " to appear on the most searched keyword, this means either its URL " http://www.issamichuzi.blogspot. com" is complicated/ not known for most of its users /known but users are lazy to type it in the address bar /users don't know how to use the address bar/ user have fear of misspelling the URL

4. keyword lyrics and facebook shows that we like to know about the lyrics of the songs (from America), and also we are social networking. Its good to see most of the Google search engine users know/want to know about other Google services like Google scholar, Google maps, Google earth and Google talk.
Mdau RahaLeo

Michuzi Blog

Tanzanian blog operating since 2005, covering International news and Local News, including Politics, Fashion, Social Scenes, Interviews, Movies, Events, personalities and anything positive happening worldwide. Written in Swahili and English targeting both Swahili and English readers.

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  1. Haya sasa Uncle nanihii ushauri wa bure huo...badilisha jina...ondoa hiyo blogspot ibaki issamichuzi.com peke yake...

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  2. Most people in TZ use internet cafes, therefore I would assume using google to make basic searches for webpages is convenient than to start typing the url of the to-be visited page. This is not because they are lazy to type, or they don't know the url. I personally don't know the url addresses of my most visited sites, because I have bookmarked them all. And I have this leasure because I use my personal computer, sasa mtu ndani ya Tanzania ni rahisi kupitia google na kutafuta kurasa anazotaka kuliko ku'cram na kupoteza muda kuandika url address.
    mdau,
    Bremen

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  3. i support you thoughts Bremen
    I too have all favorite blogs bookmarked.
    Because most of the TZ bloggers they use their personal names instead us creating name which is related to what he/she will be writting. Like michuzi blog should have been known as jamiitz.blogspot.com it would have been easier to remember.

    By Mdau TZ for life( Although inflation is around 17% now at Mkapa time it has never gone beyond 9%)

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  4. Hapo kwenye views zako usiseme "we" sema "I" kwani zote hizo ulizotaja hapo zina URL.
    Bank of Tanzania:
    http://www.bot-tz.org/
    Tanzania Daima: http://www.freemedia.co.tz
    Vodacom:
    http://www.vodacom.co.tz
    n.k
    Sasa wewe unasema eti hazina URL sijui unatakeje. BTW kudearch siyo lazima kutumia google au yahoo pekee kuna mamia ya search engines kwenye mtandao. hata hivyo complications za nini wakati kama uanataka kuingia kwenye blog ya Michuzi ni kutaype neno Michuzi na unaendelea toka hapo.

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  5. nadhani ni kwa sababu michuzi ni blog ya muda mrefu kuna blog nyingi mpya zimeanza nadhani zinaweza kuwa zinafanya vizuri mfano dar411.com na ,shwari.com

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  6. Wewe ulikua unafanya academic desertation/project nini? Sasa hatuhitaji kukagua kazi yako humu tunataka mambo ku-discuss mambo yanayoathiri maisha ya jumuia nzima na yenye urgency. Goodluck on your research i think your tutor will be the best person to ask for the feedback. Goodluck ;)

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  7. Hongera kaka Michuzi.
    Wewe "Mdau TZ for life" una "issues" kweli. Wakati wa mkapa ndipo ufisadi ulikithiri. K.m.: Net solutions, sakata la radar BAE, Richmond's contract, Kiwira, fleti za Ilala, mikataba 7 "dubious" ya makampuni ya madini, illegal logging, wafanyakazi zaidi ya 20,000 serikalini kufukuzwa kazi (IMF na WB), watu kupewa nyumba za serikali bora na kusababisha wafanyakazi wa sasa wa serikali kupangiwa nyumba ghali na mengine meeeengi. Katika mtikisiko wa sasa wa uchumi DUNIA NZIMA, NO ONE HAS BEEN SPARED. A. Mushi. (Truth matters.

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  8. Hongera Michuzi Blog,kwa kweli umeonyesha njia katika blogging business. Naunga mkono kuhusu kubadili jina kuwa rahisi zaidi. Pia fikiria kuhama platform fikiria wordpress mfano angalia site kama www.bongoposts.com iko simple sana na rahisi kusoma na ku-manage ya maandishi na matangazo. Inatumia wordpress and theme nzuri.

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