Back in May, Google SA invited South Africans to reveal their Zeitgeist by sharing their stories about Google with the #MyGoogleZA hashtag. It was run as a contest in partnership with 13 local bloggers and aimed to showcase how South Africans use Google in their everyday lives. Showcase it did, proving that when it comes to technology, South Africans really do use it day in and day out, for all sorts of things.
See a selection of examples below:
I uses @googleafrica to monitor my internet profile exposure and as my digital library, spell checks and dictionary #MyGoogleZa @google
— Moses Ramahuma (@1stMo) June 6, 2016
@KateKearney so did I win? ;-) today alone involved 'vit c pregnant', 'acc200 38 weeks', 'how much kiddies panado can I take' #MyGoogleZA
— Kim Hawkins (@KimHawk) May 17, 2016
Google SA communications and public affairs head Mich Atagana explains: “The stories that South Africans submitted have given us insight into how real people use our products in their homes, businesses and communities. From the Twitter user who avoided going for a job interview at a sham company thanks to information she found via Google, to the many, many moms who use Google to find out how to help their children when they’re ill, or to do their homework. From saving time in traffic, or finding that dream bursary to study overseas – South Africans use Google in more ways than we had ever imagined.”
Watch Atagana further explain the competition in the tweet embedded below:
Our client Google chats about the #MyGoogleZA competition on the Expresso breakfast showhttps://t.co/axuWsoWBm1 pic.twitter.com/e2m8zjMjOX
— Irvine Bartlett (@IrvineBartlett) June 6, 2016
