Playing With Google

Google, as we all know is the God of all search engines, a search engine giant. No doubt Google makes our life easier with great search results, but it’s not only that. Google is also loaded with goofs and pranks within it, popularly known as Easter Eggs.

Below is a list of selected popular Easter Egg pranks by Google.

Anagram:

Google the word “anagram” and you should notice a suggested search result – “Did you mean: nag a ram” Google normally uses the phrase “Did you mean:” to correct misspellings.

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Of course, “nag a ram” is an anagram of the word “anagram”.

Recursion:

Google the word “recursion” and shows “Did you mean: recursion” even though your search term is spelt correctly. This is a recursive search, pointing it back to the same result again and again.

The Answer To Life:

Google for “the answer to life, the universe, and everything“. The phrase is equated to 42, a reference to Douglas Adams’s novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

World Cup:

Google the word “world cup” and scroll down to see “Gooooooooooal” instead of “Goooooooooogle” icon wink Playing With Google

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Google Egg Drop Game:

This java applet (game) was developed specially for Google by Ken Perlin of New York University. You need to use your mouse to help the bunny collect the eggs in order to spell “Google”.

ASCII Art:

Searching “ascii art” will turn the Google logo into an ASCII art

Number Of Horns:

Search the phrase “the number of horns on a unicorn” and the result is equated to “1”

Hacker search:

Words on this page are spelt with the combination of numbers and special characters.

The Loneliest Number:

Google the phrase “the loneliest number” and it will make the Calculator answer 1, a reference to the song by Harry Nilsson.

Windows version of Google:

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