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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ajithparakrama" data-source="post: 20478215" data-attributes="member: 534987">In popular culture, certain countries are stereotypically associated with certain products — beer in Germany, carpets in Turkey, electronics in Japan.But those things aren't what people are really searching for.Earlier this month, the cost-estimating website Fixr.com put together a map of the world with the most-Googled-for object in each country, using the autocomplete formula of "How much does * cost in [x country]."While the results are far from scientific — since Google autocomplete results vary based on the searcher's history, the time of search, and the place of search — they do say at least a little bit about how countries are perceived.Some of the fascinating — and troubling — results:• People want to know how much a flight in a MIG aircraft costs in Russia.• People want to know how much a prostitute costs in Brazil.• People want to know how much rhinoplasty costs in South Korea.Here are the maps:<img src="http://static1.techinsider.io/image/55ad8e5add08952d2d8b462b-1200-706/world1-map-google-words.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://static2.techinsider.io/image/55ad8e5add08952d2d8b4630-1500-1028/asia-1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.techinsider.io/google-cost-searches-2015-4" target="_blank">source and More details</a></blockquote>

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