Sunday, April 2, 2017
Top 25 Fun Google Tricks
Top 25 Fun Google Tricks
The Top 25 Fun Google Tricks
Maybe to help dispel the wacky notion that geeks are boring, or maybe to prove that Search isnÕt all work and no play and Sergei and Larry are by no means dull boys, Google every-once-in-a-Google-Moon leavens their spam-fighting and user experience-enhancing with some honest-to-goodness, good clean Fun Google Tricks.
You probably know a few of these memes already Ñ passed around the intarwebz ad infinitum as they often are Ñ those quirky little tricks and pranks you never thought youÕd see from such a serious search engine. Occasionally, we searchers stumble upon some quietly placed ÒGoogle Easter Egg,Ó or sometimes GoogleÕs PR peeps publicize some brand spanking new Fun Google trick that spices up the user experience as much as it enhances it. Whichever it is, these Google Tricks are fun darnit, so have fun with them.
Meme junkies and time-wasters that we are here at Google Tricks, weÕve had our fair share of good times. And because weÕre not greedy, and because we like to organize as a way to procrastinate, weÕve done the heavy lifting of gathering what we consider to be the Top 25 Fun Google tricks right here in one glorious and easy-to-read location on this page. If you like the cut of our jib, perhaps youÕd be so kind as to like us on the you-know-what-book, or add a one to our G+ thingie. WeÕd be so happy and thankful if you did.
1. Google GravityQuite simply, this is Earth-bound physics ÒinfusedÓ into GoogleÕs interface: with Ògravity,Ó the visual elements you commonly find on the interface, such as the search bar, the ÒIÕm feeing luckyÓ button, and everything else fall down like a stack of bricks on the bottom of the browser. You can even Òpick upÓ and ÒthrowÓ the search results at the ÒwallsÓ or just simply mess with them. This is no longer implemented on Google, but you can still see how it worked through the link below.
2. Let me Google that for you
LMGTFY or Let Me Google That for You is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek service made for those of us who are too lazy to use Google. Upon entering a search query, instead of results, you get a link that you can then mail to your lazy recipient.
LMGTFY or Let Me Google That for You is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek service made for those of us who are too lazy to use Google. Upon entering a search query, instead of results, you get a link that you can then mail to your lazy recipient.
Clicking on the link launches the actual search: thus, in this perigrinatory manner, you have Googled it for them. All they have to do is click the link. A beautiful example of technology making things more complicated for us.
3. Google Chuck Norris
There was a time when the internet raged with all imaginable Chuck Norris jokes. So naturally, Google itself dipped its hand in the meme with the Chuck Norris Google Trick. Search ÒChuck Norris,Ó and Google returns a familiar Chuck Norris joke: ÒGoogle wonÕt search for Chuck Norris because it knows you donÕt find Chuck Norris, he finds you.Ó
There was a time when the internet raged with all imaginable Chuck Norris jokes. So naturally, Google itself dipped its hand in the meme with the Chuck Norris Google Trick. Search ÒChuck Norris,Ó and Google returns a familiar Chuck Norris joke: ÒGoogle wonÕt search for Chuck Norris because it knows you donÕt find Chuck Norris, he finds you.Ó
4. God on Google Earth
Sometime in 2010, people around the world went ÒGod crazyÓ when Google Earth supposedly had taken a ÒsnapshotÓ of Òdivine beingsÓ while crossing a mountain zone in Switzerland. ThereÕs no definite answer, of course, but the buzz it created was testament to how the entire online community could get excited over a blurry photo, like they do with pictures of cats.
Sometime in 2010, people around the world went ÒGod crazyÓ when Google Earth supposedly had taken a ÒsnapshotÓ of Òdivine beingsÓ while crossing a mountain zone in Switzerland. ThereÕs no definite answer, of course, but the buzz it created was testament to how the entire online community could get excited over a blurry photo, like they do with pictures of cats.
5. Google Pac-man
A treasure-trove of fun Google tricks wonÕt be complete without mentioning GoogleÕs Pac-Man doodle. On May 22, 2010, the 30th anniversary of the classic game, people around the world woke up to a search engine sporting an actually playable mini-version of Pac-Man. And naturally, hundreds of millions of people spent hours playing the game, basically slowing down productivity to a halt.
A treasure-trove of fun Google tricks wonÕt be complete without mentioning GoogleÕs Pac-Man doodle. On May 22, 2010, the 30th anniversary of the classic game, people around the world woke up to a search engine sporting an actually playable mini-version of Pac-Man. And naturally, hundreds of millions of people spent hours playing the game, basically slowing down productivity to a halt.
6. Google Mirror
This fun Google trick simply displays a mirror image of everything you might see when doing a search on Google.
This fun Google trick simply displays a mirror image of everything you might see when doing a search on Google.
7. Google HackerThose who are familiar with the so-called language of hackers (1337 5p3@k or Òleet speakÓ) may love using this Google trick to amuse haxor pals or confound the squares. Sure, the trick isnÕt much trickier than swapping letters for moderately analogous numbers or ASCII characters Ñ e.g. ÒGÓ becomes Ò6?, ÒEÓ becomes Ò3?, ÒNÓ becomes Ò||Ó, etc Ñ But itÕs still fun symbol-play, and still somehow feels like a secret language, despite that we all now w00t every time we are overcome with joy.
8. Google Barrel Roll
A Fun Google trick that is still accessible today, the barrel roll means exactly as it says: make Google do a barrel roll. Simply type ÒDo a barrel rollÓ into the search bar and Google dutifully obeys. Warning: This Especially Fun Google Trick is known to make babies cry and grown men squeal with delight.
A Fun Google trick that is still accessible today, the barrel roll means exactly as it says: make Google do a barrel roll. Simply type ÒDo a barrel rollÓ into the search bar and Google dutifully obeys. Warning: This Especially Fun Google Trick is known to make babies cry and grown men squeal with delight.
Like a handful of the other Fun Google Tricks included in this list, this third-party website that has no official affiliation with Google but only offers its two cents in letting people experience the search engine in a delightful way. If you like colors, this site delivers itÑalthough it may remind you more of the internet circa early-1990s, with all its animated GIFs.
10. Google Sphere
Google Sphere turns every little element you commonly see on GoogleÕs homepage into a swirling Òsphere.Ó ItÕs pretty cool, but itÕs no longer implemented on Google. To see how it once worked, just visit the link below.
Google Sphere turns every little element you commonly see on GoogleÕs homepage into a swirling Òsphere.Ó ItÕs pretty cool, but itÕs no longer implemented on Google. To see how it once worked, just visit the link below.
11. Google Spam
Probably not an actual Google trick but more a manifestation of how Google offers users related information. In the folders in your Gmail account, you usually see a one-line text advertisement from Adsense. But in the Spam folder, what youÕll see is a real Spam recipeÑyes, itÕs a recipe for something you can actually eat.
Probably not an actual Google trick but more a manifestation of how Google offers users related information. In the folders in your Gmail account, you usually see a one-line text advertisement from Adsense. But in the Spam folder, what youÕll see is a real Spam recipeÑyes, itÕs a recipe for something you can actually eat.
12. Google Tilt or AskewTyping the word ÒtiltÓ or ÒaskewÓ on Google (specifically if youÕre using the Chrome or Safari browser) commands the search engine to ÒtiltÓ the whole screen slightly to the right.
13. Dragon Slayer
Those who use Google Docs will find this mildly amusing. If you create or open any spreadsheet, pressing Shift+F12 pops up a message that says: ÒDragon slain! Congratulations, youÕve slain the dragon! ]B=8}Ó.
Those who use Google Docs will find this mildly amusing. If you create or open any spreadsheet, pressing Shift+F12 pops up a message that says: ÒDragon slain! Congratulations, youÕve slain the dragon! ]B=8}Ó.
14. Google Ninja
Who doesnÕt love ninjas? Google definitely does. If youÕre using your Google Reader feed, press the keys Òup, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, AÓ and a ninja (or a couple of them) appear!
Who doesnÕt love ninjas? Google definitely does. If youÕre using your Google Reader feed, press the keys Òup, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, AÓ and a ninja (or a couple of them) appear!
15. All the Google Doodles
Over the years, Google has released several of its ÒdoodlesÓÑa temporary re-design of the Google logo made as a tribute to a historical event or the birthday of someone who has changed the world for the better. Through the link below, youÕll find all of the Google Doodles, not only the American versions.
Over the years, Google has released several of its ÒdoodlesÓÑa temporary re-design of the Google logo made as a tribute to a historical event or the birthday of someone who has changed the world for the better. Through the link below, youÕll find all of the Google Doodles, not only the American versions.
16. Recursion
Type ÒrecursionÓ into the Google search bar and Google in return asks, rather recursively: ÒDid you mean recursion?Ó
Type ÒrecursionÓ into the Google search bar and Google in return asks, rather recursively: ÒDid you mean recursion?Ó
17. GoogleÕs Nessie
Use the beach theme with your iGoogle homepage, then very patiently sit there and wait until the clock strikes 3:14 AM. Or you can just more the clock forward and see the monsterÓ that comes out. If you actually waited several hours until 3:14 AM, finally seeing the monster might not totally amuse you.
Use the beach theme with your iGoogle homepage, then very patiently sit there and wait until the clock strikes 3:14 AM. Or you can just more the clock forward and see the monsterÓ that comes out. If you actually waited several hours until 3:14 AM, finally seeing the monster might not totally amuse you.
18. Flight Simulator
What started as an Easter egg became so well-loved that Google eventually turned it into a regular feature of Google Earth. Just click Tools > Enter Flight Simulator, and youÕre off to make a round-the-world tour. It would have been more awesome if Google Earth also has a Òrocket launcherÓ feature with unlimited ammo to go with it, but maybe next time.
What started as an Easter egg became so well-loved that Google eventually turned it into a regular feature of Google Earth. Just click Tools > Enter Flight Simulator, and youÕre off to make a round-the-world tour. It would have been more awesome if Google Earth also has a Òrocket launcherÓ feature with unlimited ammo to go with it, but maybe next time.
19. Google MentalPlex
One of the earliest (if not, the earliest) Google April FoolÕs joke (this one surfaced in 2000) is the Google MentalPlex. Instead of typing their queries into the search bar, unwitting users were ÒinvitedÓ to just ÒthinkÓ their questions while gazing intently into the MentalPlex circle (apparently to allow Google enough time to ÒreadÓ your brain signals and transform them into actual search engine queries), then click into the circle to see the results. Even GoogleÕs CEO and co-founder Larry Page called MentalPlex Òa quantum leap in finding what you are looking for on the Internet. Typing in queries is so 1999.Ó It was fun. Especially if you remember that this was the early days of Google, long before the billion-dollar behemoth called Adsense and what-have-you.
One of the earliest (if not, the earliest) Google April FoolÕs joke (this one surfaced in 2000) is the Google MentalPlex. Instead of typing their queries into the search bar, unwitting users were ÒinvitedÓ to just ÒthinkÓ their questions while gazing intently into the MentalPlex circle (apparently to allow Google enough time to ÒreadÓ your brain signals and transform them into actual search engine queries), then click into the circle to see the results. Even GoogleÕs CEO and co-founder Larry Page called MentalPlex Òa quantum leap in finding what you are looking for on the Internet. Typing in queries is so 1999.Ó It was fun. Especially if you remember that this was the early days of Google, long before the billion-dollar behemoth called Adsense and what-have-you.
20. Google Anagram
Step 1: Type ÒanagramÓ into the Google search bar. Step 2: Google asks if you in fact mean Ònag a ram.Ó Step 3: Proceed to LOL.
Step 1: Type ÒanagramÓ into the Google search bar. Step 2: Google asks if you in fact mean Ònag a ram.Ó Step 3: Proceed to LOL.
21. The disappearing ÒOOÓ
This is not really a Google fun trick per se, but you can wow your clueless friend with this little Òmagic.Ó Click anywhere on the white space of the Dark Arts page (URL in linked title above), then pretend to rub your two fingers on the two OOÕs on the Google logo for 2 to 3 seconds, and the OÕs will vanish. To bring it back, do the same thing: Click anywhere again and the OOÕs will reappear, after which you will be redirected to the real Google.
This is not really a Google fun trick per se, but you can wow your clueless friend with this little Òmagic.Ó Click anywhere on the white space of the Dark Arts page (URL in linked title above), then pretend to rub your two fingers on the two OOÕs on the Google logo for 2 to 3 seconds, and the OÕs will vanish. To bring it back, do the same thing: Click anywhere again and the OOÕs will reappear, after which you will be redirected to the real Google.
22. Annoying Google
The ÒAnnoying GoogleÓ trick is not really annoying under normal circumstances. Even if youÕre in a hurry, Annoying GoogleÕs way of messing up the words as you type them (randomly changing from upper-case to lower-case) is not really annoying. But if you want to see this in action and determine for yourself if itÕs really annoying or simply mildly amusing, visit the link below.
The ÒAnnoying GoogleÓ trick is not really annoying under normal circumstances. Even if youÕre in a hurry, Annoying GoogleÕs way of messing up the words as you type them (randomly changing from upper-case to lower-case) is not really annoying. But if you want to see this in action and determine for yourself if itÕs really annoying or simply mildly amusing, visit the link below.
23. Epic Google
Epic Google is Google on steroids Ñ not the enhanced performance however, just the obscene bulk. Once the page loads, the logo, search bar, ÒSearchÓ and ÒIÕm Feeling ExcessiveÓ buttons, all swell until they either float off the page or you type a search and get the heck outta there.
Epic Google is Google on steroids Ñ not the enhanced performance however, just the obscene bulk. Once the page loads, the logo, search bar, ÒSearchÓ and ÒIÕm Feeling ExcessiveÓ buttons, all swell until they either float off the page or you type a search and get the heck outta there.
24. Weenie Google
Weenie Google is the flip side of Epic Google. Once the page loads, the logo, search bar, ÒSearchÓ and ÒIÕm Feeling InadequateÓ buttons,immediately begin to shrink to inscrutable and barely-usable sizes. Is fun, no?
Weenie Google is the flip side of Epic Google. Once the page loads, the logo, search bar, ÒSearchÓ and ÒIÕm Feeling InadequateÓ buttons,immediately begin to shrink to inscrutable and barely-usable sizes. Is fun, no?
25. Chicken Rolling
ÒRick-rollingÓ is a popular prank that involves redirecting the unwitting user to a video of music artist Rick Astley singing one of his hit songs (most often ÒNever Gonna Give You UpÓ). Chicken-rolling, on the other hand, is like Rick-rolling, but with one dancing man eating fried chicken legs. To subject your unwitting friend to this prank, type the code Ò2204355Ó then click ÒIÕm feeling lucky.Ó See what happens.
ÒRick-rollingÓ is a popular prank that involves redirecting the unwitting user to a video of music artist Rick Astley singing one of his hit songs (most often ÒNever Gonna Give You UpÓ). Chicken-rolling, on the other hand, is like Rick-rolling, but with one dancing man eating fried chicken legs. To subject your unwitting friend to this prank, type the code Ò2204355Ó then click ÒIÕm feeling lucky.Ó See what happens.
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