Aboriginal Art Directory top search queries for April

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.08

Each month we will publish the top search phrases on the Aboriginal Art Directory. This feature provides a fascinating insight into what information is being sought across the industry. Which artists are popular at the moment? Which artist is everybody talking about? Who has recently been in the news?

Followed by Adam Hill, Minnie Pwerle tops the most searched artist again for April with the Mervyn Rebuntja artist slideshow and Nyree Reynolds artist slideshow proving the most popular. Last month there were approximately 2,000 different searches entered in our search box for all facets of Aboriginal art.

What we have seen lately is the enormous range in search queries from our users. When this is analysed alongside the 6,500 different search phrases our users used to find our site through Google search you can start to get a picture of the depth of interest in Aboriginal art and the difficulties involved in providing important information about each artist or vendor. While Minnie Pwerle remains a constantly popular search phrase, there are about 15 different phrases users are entering in their quest to find information about Minnie Pwerle.

Some of these more obscure phrases include:

% Searches	Search query
1	minnie pwerle artworks for sale
1	awelye & bush melon +minnie pwerle
1	minnie pwerle amsterdam
1	minnie pwerle paintings for sale

Throughout April Minnie Pwerle was again the most commonly searched artist on the Aboriginal Art Directory. But she was not the only popular artist. The most common artist searches were:

% Searches	Search query
0.77%	Minnie Pwerle
0.62%	adam hill
0.46%	naminapu
0.46%	dawn
0.46%	nada rawlins
0.41%	mervyn rubuntja
0.41%	naminapu
0.41%	hurley dorley
0.41%	james simon
0.36%	dorothy napangardi
0.36%	douglas abbott
0.31%	lorna kantilla
0.31%	apartment6
0.26%	ningura napurrula
0.26%	minnie
0.26%	loretta parsley
0.26%	liddy nelson
0.26%	david malangi
0.26%	wayne williams
0.26%	rahel kngwarria ungwanaka
0.26%	mrs thomas
0.26%	kathleen patyarre
0.26%	peggy patrick
0.26%	suzie bootja bootja
0.26%	joseph nanawirra
0.21%	michael nelson
0.21%	gerry surha

During the same period, the most popular artist slideshows were:

Mervyn Rubuntja

Nyree Reynolds

Dorothy Napangardi

John Weeronga Bartoo

Kudditji Kngwarreye

Judy Watson Napangardi

Malcolm Moloney Jagamarra

Adam Hill

Nellie Marks Nakamarra

Our users were also searching for art centres. The top search phrases were:

% Searches	Search query
0.41%	Aboriginal art store
0.36%	warakurna artists
0.31%	isarte
0.31%	Cooee
0.31%	apartment6
0.21%	aboriginal art online
0.21%	tangentyere artists
0.21%	hogarth galleries
0.21%	short street gallery
0.21%	queensland art gallery
0.15%	bidyadanga artists

Throughout April the top search phrase was acrylic on canvas, followed by minnie pwerle and then sydney artists.

The top 25 search phrases and the number of searches are listed below:

% Searches	Search query
1.59%	acrylic on canvas
0.77%	Minnie Pwerle
0.72%	sydney artists
0.62%	adam hill
0.51%	synthetic polymer on canvas
0.51%	urban artists
0.46%	naminapu
0.46%	dawn
0.46%	nada rawlins
0.41%	mervyn rubuntja
0.41%	naminapu
0.41%	women
0.41%	hurley dorley
0.41%	james simon
0.41%	Aboriginal art store
0.36%	warakurna artists
0.36%	dorothy napangardi
0.36%	assimilation
0.36%	douglas abbott
0.36%	Petyarre
0.36%	return to sender
0.31%	petyarre
0.31%	travelling
0.31%	isarte
0.31%	lorna kantilla

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