Will you....Google me?

Asking the love of your life to marry you is not an easy task, having done it myself and heard stories from others, a lot of planning and effort goes into a fairly simple question. I must admit, I’ve heard about some highly original ways to ask for your loved one’s hand in marriage, but this beats them all. A US-based software engineer used Google Street view to get his proposal over to his better-half.

Apparently having already attempting it once, this Romeo of software engineering decided to step it up a gear and get creative. So, when his girlfriend (who happens to work at Google) told him that the street view cars would be retaking some pictures near where he worked, he saw his moment and took it – see the picture above, or the original here.

There have been a number of these types of things done during the development of street view, called "Easter Eggs", people find out when and where the cameras are going to be and put on a bit of a show – whether that’s a wedding proposal, a fake fight or something else equally as crazy. Could this be the start of another net-based cultural phenomenon, another meme? Probably.

MyTake – Bravo my man, above and behind, if she hasn’t said yes then she’s crazy! I think that we are going to see more and more “Easter Eggs” as Google street view becomes more widespread – it could even turn into some kind of sport. The other aspect to consider here is the marketing opportunities – we could see a whole host of stunts aimed at promoting a variety of forward thinking brands hat are willing to take a chance.