• Tuisblad
  • Sake
  • Graanvlokkies tot beurtkrag: Dit is wat SA’ners google
Graanvlokkies tot beurtkrag: Dit is wat SAu2019ners google
Graanvlokkies tot beurtkrag: Dit is wat SAu2019ners google

Graanvlokkies tot beurtkrag: Dit is wat SA’ners google

Petrus Malherbe - As jy ook deur die loop van die jaar gewonder het waarom die Amerikaner John Harvey Kellogg graanvlokkies uitgevind het, was jy beslis nie alleen nie.

Google het Woensdag sy jaarlikse lys van gewildste vrae en soekterme in Suid-Afrika bekend gemaak.

En boaan die lys verskyn juis dié vraag: Waarom is graanvlokkies uitgevind?

Die antwoord? Wel, dis dalk beter as jy dit maar self gaan opsoek!

Afgesien van graanvlokkies en die oorsprong daarvan, het Suid-Afrikaners ook vanjaar gewonder hoe laat die eindstryd van die Wêreldbekerrugby begin, hoeveel stemme jy benodig vir ’n setel in die parlement en wie of wat Bosasa is waaroor daar nog heel jaar ’n bohaai opgeskop is.

Daar is ook oor Gavin Watson (grootbaas van Bosasa) gewonder, sowel as Fiona Viotti, die voormalige juffrou van Bishops in Kaapstad wat na bewering ’n verhouding met van haar leerlinge aangeknoop het.

Die verkiesing in Mei het Suid-Afrikaners ook genoop om te probeer uitvind hoe laat die stembusse open, wie die verkiesing gewen het en wat die Verkiesingskommissie (OVK) is.

Beurtkrag was natuurlik ook ’n onderwerp waarna daar baie gesoek is.

Google stel elke jaar sy lys van gewildste soekterme bekend en dit lewer telkens snaaksighede op, soos hoe kan ek gewig in net drie dae verloor.

Sportsterre wat deur die loop van die jaar oorlede is, soos James Small en Chester Williams, verskyn ook op die lys van gewildste soekterme.

Vinnige feite oor Google:

· Google is die wêreld se grootste soekenjin wat betref die aantal gebruikers met ’n markaandeel van meer as 90%.

· 15% van alle soektogte is uniek – met ander woorde niemand het al ooit vantevore daarvoor op Google gesoek nie.

· Google kry sowat 63 000 versoeke per sekonde op enige gegewe dag.

· Die gemiddelde persoon soek tussen drie en vier keer per dag vir iets op Google.

· Google is in 1996 deur Sergey Brin en Larry Page geskep. Die soekenjin se oorspronklike naam was BackRub.

· Alphabet, Google se beheermaatskappy, se markwaarde het Woensdag op meer as US$926 miljard gestaan.

- Netwerk24

Kommentaar

Republikein 2024-05-03

Geen kommentaar is op hierdie artikel gelaat nie

Meld asseblief aan om kommentaar te lewer

Premier League: Chelsea 2 vs 0 Tottenham Hotspur European Championships Qualifying: Coventry City 1 vs 2 Ipswich Town English Championship: Coventry City 1 vs 2 Ipswich Town Katima Mulilo: 12° | 32° Rundu: 13° | 32° Eenhana: 13° | 32° Oshakati: 15° | 32° Ruacana: 15° | 33° Tsumeb: 16° | 30° Otjiwarongo: 13° | 29° Omaruru: 13° | 31° Windhoek: 12° | 27° Gobabis: 15° | 28° Henties Bay: 14° | 21° Wind speed: 20km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 05:43, High tide: 12:02, Low Tide: 17:54, High tide: 00:23 Swakopmund: 16° | 19° Wind speed: 19km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 05:41, High tide: 12:00, Low Tide: 17:52, High tide: 00:21 Walvis Bay: 16° | 25° Wind speed: 28km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 05:41, High tide: 11:59, Low Tide: 17:52, High tide: 00:20 Rehoboth: 14° | 29° Mariental: 17° | 31° Keetmanshoop: 19° | 31° Aranos: 16° | 31° Lüderitz: 15° | 25° Ariamsvlei: 18° | 33° Oranjemund: 14° | 22° Luanda: 25° | 28° Gaborone: 14° | 27° Lubumbashi: 12° | 26° Mbabane: 12° | 26° Maseru: 11° | 25° Antananarivo: 13° | 24° Lilongwe: 13° | 27° Maputo: 19° | 28° Windhoek: 12° | 27° Cape Town: 15° | 19° Durban: 17° | 28° Johannesburg: 16° | 25° Dar es Salaam: 24° | 28° Lusaka: 15° | 27° Harare: 13° | 28° Currency: GBP to NAD 23.18 | EUR to NAD 19.87 | CNY to NAD 2.56 | USD to NAD 18.5 | DZD to NAD 0.14 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.31 | EGP to NAD 0.38 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.68 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.62 | RUB to NAD 0.2 | INR to NAD 0.22 | USD to DZD 134.09 | USD to AOA 834.06 | USD to BWP 13.64 | USD to EGP 47.9 | USD to KES 133.98 | USD to NGN 1349.9 | USD to ZAR 18.51 | USD to ZMW 27.05 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index 76046.88 Down -0.04% | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1692.54 Up +0.10% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 13322.85 Up +0.03% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 26113.71 Up +6.81% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 9146.09 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 297.92/OZ DOWN -0.0111 | Copper US$ 4.49/lb DOWN -0.0094 | Zinc US$ 2 922.00/T UP 0.35% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 84.86/BBP UP +0.67% | Platinum US$ 961.17/OZ UP +0.59% Sport results: Premier League: Chelsea 2 vs 0 Tottenham Hotspur European Championships Qualifying: Coventry City 1 vs 2 Ipswich Town English Championship: Coventry City 1 vs 2 Ipswich Town Weather: Katima Mulilo: 12° | 32° Rundu: 13° | 32° Eenhana: 13° | 32° Oshakati: 15° | 32° Ruacana: 15° | 33° Tsumeb: 16° | 30° Otjiwarongo: 13° | 29° Omaruru: 13° | 31° Windhoek: 12° | 27° Gobabis: 15° | 28° Henties Bay: 14° | 21° Wind speed: 20km/h, Wind direction: SW, Low tide: 05:43, High tide: 12:02, Low Tide: 17:54, High tide: 00:23 Swakopmund: 16° | 19° Wind speed: 19km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 05:41, High tide: 12:00, Low Tide: 17:52, High tide: 00:21 Walvis Bay: 16° | 25° Wind speed: 28km/h, Wind direction: W, Low tide: 05:41, High tide: 11:59, Low Tide: 17:52, High tide: 00:20 Rehoboth: 14° | 29° Mariental: 17° | 31° Keetmanshoop: 19° | 31° Aranos: 16° | 31° Lüderitz: 15° | 25° Ariamsvlei: 18° | 33° Oranjemund: 14° | 22° Luanda: 25° | 28° Gaborone: 14° | 27° Lubumbashi: 12° | 26° Mbabane: 12° | 26° Maseru: 11° | 25° Antananarivo: 13° | 24° Lilongwe: 13° | 27° Maputo: 19° | 28° Windhoek: 12° | 27° Cape Town: 15° | 19° Durban: 17° | 28° Johannesburg: 16° | 25° Dar es Salaam: 24° | 28° Lusaka: 15° | 27° Harare: 13° | 28° Economic Indicators: Currency: GBP to NAD 23.18 | EUR to NAD 19.87 | CNY to NAD 2.56 | USD to NAD 18.5 | DZD to NAD 0.14 | AOA to NAD 0.02 | BWP to NAD 1.31 | EGP to NAD 0.38 | KES to NAD 0.14 | NGN to NAD 0.01 | ZMW to NAD 0.68 | ZWL to NAD 0.04 | BRL to NAD 3.62 | RUB to NAD 0.2 | INR to NAD 0.22 | USD to DZD 134.09 | USD to AOA 834.06 | USD to BWP 13.64 | USD to EGP 47.9 | USD to KES 133.98 | USD to NGN 1349.9 | USD to ZAR 18.51 | USD to ZMW 27.05 | USD to ZWL 321 | Stock Exchange: JSE All Share Index 76046.88 Down -0.04% | Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index 1692.54 Up +0.10% | Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) MASI 13322.85 Up +0.03% | Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 Index 26113.71 Up +6.81% | Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) DCI 9146.09 Same 0 | NSX: MTC 7.75 SAME | Anirep 8.99 SAME | Capricorn Investment group 17.34 SAME | FirstRand Namibia Ltd 49 DOWN 0.50% | Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Ltd 4.1 UP 2.50% | Namibia Asset Management Ltd 0.7 SAME | Namibia Breweries Ltd 31.49 UP 0.03% | Nictus Holdings - Nam 2.22 SAME | Oryx Properties Ltd 12.1 UP 1.70% | Paratus Namibia Holdings 11.99 SAME | SBN Holdings 8.45 SAME | Trustco Group Holdings Ltd 0.48 SAME | B2Gold Corporation 47.34 DOWN 1.50% | Local Index closed 677.62 UP 0.12% | Overall Index closed 1534.6 DOWN 0.05% | Osino Resources Corp 19.47 DOWN 2.41% | Commodities: Gold US$ 2 297.92/OZ DOWN -0.0111 | Copper US$ 4.49/lb DOWN -0.0094 | Zinc US$ 2 922.00/T UP 0.35% | Brent Crude Oil US$ 84.86/BBP UP +0.67% | Platinum US$ 961.17/OZ UP +0.59%