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At a glance: In reply to a Facebook post made by CNN Philippines, a netizen is claiming that Vice-President Leni Robredo only topped the Google Search Trends because of searches for Naga leaks, vote-buying, the 2016 election fraud case, and ‘lutang’ references.

Complete details: Google Search Trend is not a survey body but a feature that examines the popularity of top Google Search queries in various countries and languages. The website makes use of graphs to compare the number of searches for various questions across time.

On articles claiming that Leni is the most popular search term on Google Search Trends does not reveal the preferences of voters. It simply informs us which keywords or candidate names have been typed into the search engine the most.

Although not exhaustive, Leni Robredo’s hottest searches in the past 30 days included Jonvic Remulla (the Cavite governor), Cavite, her senatorial line-up, and even daughter Tricia’s age.

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