When it gets to the end of December, most of us are crawling to Christmas. With January just around the corner, thoughts of hibernation are rife. But what about the January that occurred all those many months ago? Does that still feel fresh in your mind or have you forgotten it even existed? We’ve got the game to test your murky memories from the whole of 2019. And it’s based around something all digital marketers love to nosey at – keywords.

Keywords are great. When the internet is talking about something, the search volumes will tell you what’s up. If you want to know what’s being Googled, they’ll point you in the right direction. As trends change, so do the most popular keywords. But which ones were most popular across the entire year?

We’ve collected all the data from the most popular events of 2019 and put them head to head. All that’s left for you to do is to decide which you think triumphs in each battle. If you make it to the end, a 2-month trial of Adzooma awaits you.

From the long-awaited and heart-crushingly disappointing ending of Game of Thrones to Coleen Rooney’s master detective work, there’s something for everyone. Each level takes on a theme: whether it’s celebrity news, world events, superheroes, politics, technology or something else, you’ll soon find yourself remembering events from what feels like the distant past!

How the Most Searched Keywords Game works

Here’s a quick run-through of how to play.

You get 5 lives. There are 5 levels. Every level is dedicated to a theme to keep things interesting. You’ll be shown two keywords and you just tap which you think was more popular. It’s the ultimate battle of the keywords. Then, at the end of each level (providing you get there) we’ll show you which order they all came in.

And that’s about it – we’ve tried to keep things simple as we realise no one’s got time for long-winded instructions during the Christmas period.

The grand prize

Let’s get to the good bit: the prize. If you’ve got the skills to complete the game, you can take away a 2-month free trial of our software. That’s two months of smoking-hot opportunities to improve your PPC ads. That’s two months of making the most of automation, at-a-glance management and customisable reporting. Your campaigns will end the year looking fresher than ever before (something that can’t be said for many of us).

Now all you have to decide is which tactic you’re going for: skill or pure luck?