Google Sefrica is here
Google goes local... www.google.co.za is up and running, using an English, Afrikaans, Sotho, Zulu or Xhosa (Xhousea??) interface.
I got myself caught in the Xhosa interface for a bit, while comparing some of the languages:
(Update: I've just been reading a thread on a local Linux mailing list where folks were complaining that when they go to google.com from a South African IP, they get redirected to google.co.za, and Ronwen's just grumbled about the same thing. If you don't want to be redirected, click on the 'Go to Google.com' link from the .co.za site, and you won't be redirected again.)
(Update 2: Sorry Rich..! :-)
I got myself caught in the Xhosa interface for a bit, while comparing some of the languages:
- Afrikaans: Besig om te soek deur 8,058,044,651 webbladsye
- Sotho: Fuputso ya maqephe a web a 8,058,044,651
- Zulu: Iyasesha amakhasi e-web angu-8,058,044,651
- Xhosa: Ikhangela 8,058,044,651 amaphepha e web
(Update: I've just been reading a thread on a local Linux mailing list where folks were complaining that when they go to google.com from a South African IP, they get redirected to google.co.za, and Ronwen's just grumbled about the same thing. If you don't want to be redirected, click on the 'Go to Google.com' link from the .co.za site, and you won't be redirected again.)
(Update 2: Sorry Rich..! :-)
File under: techie : {2005.01.14 21:58}
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