Google hits must not be taken as a yardstick in Asian related AfD s Google hits must not be taken as a yardstick in Asian related AfD s Newspapers of Vernacular Languages may have millions of readership For example in India every state has its own language There are more than 20 widely speaking native languages in India But the news reports from the newspapers of such languages are not available in google search Take the case of Malayala Manorama Newspaper Currently this Malayalam language newspaper has a readership of over 9 million with a circulation base of over 1 4 million copies according to Audit Beureu of Circulations Manorama is one of the India s largest selling and most widely read news paper There are more than 50 such newspapers in India News reports from such dailies are not available in google eventhough it have millions of readership But news reports from English dailies with 1000 or 2000 copies are available in google search It is really misleading Isn t it In this context of notability tests based on google hits may be a worthless foolish effort In such circumstances we must consider the words of native wikipedians with more importance What is ur opinion Talk Contribs