В официальном
Google Africa Blog опубликовано
сообщение об открытии сервиса вопросов и ответов
Google Baraza beta, ранее находившемся
в закрытом тестировании. Google Baraza представлен на
английском и
французском языках. Первый вопрос в англоязычном интерфейсе
google.com/baraza/en/ датируется
24 сентября 2010 года, во французском
google.com/baraza/fr/ -
30 сентября 2010 года.
Своими знаниями на сервисе делятся такие известные на африканском континенте люди, как
Yofi Grant,
Diplomatic OPJ,
Rina Swart,
Lebo Mzwimbi, Kevin Maina и другие.
* Список действующих в настоящее время национальных сервисов вопросов и ответов можно посмотреть по
ссылке.
Отправлено пользователем Anonymous через Google Reader:
En Français
One of the challenges for the Internet in Africa is that there is a lack of local content online. To help users in Africa enrich and shape the content about Africa, our engineers have created
Google Baraza. Baraza, which means "taskforce" or "council" in Swahili, allows people in countries across Africa to share knowledge with each other by asking questions and posting answers.
A large number of questions that are typed into Google's search engine by users are written as if they were talking to their friends. For example, "How can I write a movie script for Nollywood?" or "How does the stock exchange operate in Ghana?" or "What is the recipe for bitter leaf soup?" or "What is the best company for car insurance in Nairobi?" Unfortunately, many of these questions do not have good search results - the information is not online or it may be inaccurate. Many users have dozens of similar questions every day, but spend a lot of time looking for the answers.
A few weeks ago, we opened up
Google Baraza to a select group of users in Africa to test the new service. Since then, we've seen thousands of visits to the site, and tens of thousands of questions and answers submitted from almost every country in Sub Saharan Africa.
We're honored to work with people from across the continent who are trying out the service, and sharing knowledge in their areas of expertise, including Ghanaian business leader Yofi Grant, actor Kevin Maina from the Makmende team, Lagos radio DJ Diplomatic OBJ, health expert Prof. Rina Swart of South Africa, and TV host Lebo Mzwimbi (and that's just to name a few)!
Google Baraza is designed specifically for users in Africa to make it easy to get answers to their questions. The product is available in English and French.
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