World Cup fever in the Netherlands: looking through the roof
The Netherlands is starting to warm up for the World Cup, which starts on November 20 in Qatar. This emerged from an analysis of Google searches by online marketing agency Seeders. The search term ‘when will the World Cup start’ increased by no less than 299 percent to more than 9,000 search terms.
The big question is, of course, on which dates the Dutch national team will play in the group stage of the tournament. The search term ‘When does the Netherlands play’ was entered 12,000 times in the search engine, 1400 percent more than in August. ‘The Netherlands’ playing schedule was also repeated by the Dutch: almost 10,000 times.
On November 11, national coach Louis van Gaal will announce which 26 players will go to Qatar. The search term ‘Selection of the Dutch national team’ is already seeing an increase of 304 percent. This term has more than 26,000 searches per month. On Friday, October 21, the pre-selection with announced players. There are still 12 names to be dropped who will not get on the plane towards the oil state.
It is also striking that the Dutch are looking for the time difference in Qatar. Where in the summer there was still an average of 1,850 searches, there are currently 4,400 times. A plus of 137 percent. The new shirt, which the Orange squad will play in in Qatar, also played a major role in Qatar. ‘Shirt Dutch national team’ was searched 147,000 times in September, the month in which it was announced. An increase of 490 percent.