In the not-so-distant past, we’ve seen a hard-coded Bing EasterEgg declaring Google “more evil than Satan himself;” the Hiybbprqag honeypot drama, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s declaration that Google is just copying Bing.
Type "zerg rush" (without the quotes) on Google to discover a new Google Easteregg that turns your search results page turn into a shootout against red and yellow zeroes, plunking down and around the page to devour the user’s search results.
Hat tip to the Google Operating System (unofficial) blog for pointing out this latest EasterEgg. Three geeky new Easter eggs from Google display the number of search results in the number format searched, as in the “binary” search below:
Google Has a Heart – An EasterEgg for Valentine’s Day Also, a fun Valentine’s Easteregg will thrill the math geeks in the crowd (and I know you’re out there). The 2012 Valentine’s Day Google Doodle appearing on Google's homepage today should...
Celebrating a record snowflake seems like the next logical step for Google, after in December adding a special EasterEgg for “let it snow” searches that has since been disabled. The largest snowflake ever observed in the world supposedly appeared...
When you strike upon a Wolfram Alpha EasterEgg, the super one box delivers a single pithy, but funny, response. Bing Easter Eggs More Funny Easter Eggs Google Maps Easter Eggs Facebook Easter Eggs Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs
There was the Let it Snow "easteregg" on Google search, and now there is a snowflake button on YouTube to make it snow in your videos. Google's holiday Doodle has finally arrived after being spotted around the world over the last two days.
Type in “let it snow” (without quotes) when you visit Google and you’ll be treated to a new Easteregg. Another Google Easteregg, “do a barrel roll”, became quite popular earlier this year, completely rotating Google’s search results.
Whilst it seems like a funny easteregg, it's actually a case of "bad ranking", presumably caused by a bunch of Google Bombers. A friend popped on Skype this morning and told me to type "define an English person" into Google.
Update: This Google EasterEgg is actually a reference to the Nintendo game, "Starfox", in which your Rabbit wingman Peppy tells you to "do a Barrel Roll" to evade enemy missiles. SEW reader, Mark, also spotted this Google EasterEgg.
As of Friday, that search query produced an “Easteregg” hardcoded result at the top of the page, above all search results, that said, “more evil than Satan himself = 10^100. More Funny Easter Eggs Siri Easter Eggs
A very cool 'easteregg' on the Twitter page is that a shark is hidden to the very far right of the background graphics. Shark Week started way back in 1987 and last year, and many celebrities have hosted the event since, including the guys from...
As New York and other states debate the same sex marriage laws being voted on right now, it would appear Google may be stepping back a little with its limited addition of the rainbow as a search Easteregg.
EasterEgg Mobile devices have eyes and ears. Why not use them? Portability, microphone, and camera make mobile devices better suited to voice and visual inputs, rather than the typing that rules desktop search.
Believing that this is the panacea for all of your business problems is like believing that the Easter bunny will show up at your doorstep riding a unicorn and hand you a delicious chocolate egg that, when consumed, will make you a magical being.
Not strictly an Easteregg, but still of interest, is the definition of a Pied Piper: My favorite, and the most well known Wolfram-Alpha Easteregg, is the attempt to answer the ultimate question from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," What is the...
An interesting Easteregg here is that we can see some of the actual YouTube user profiles that converted. Marketers designate a web page at the end of the funnel, often a "thank you" or "confirmation" page, to signify a completed action.
Google Maps EasterEgg Discovered Posted by Kevin Heisler Jun 26, 2008 Google Maps features a very funny Google EasterEgg: If you ask for directions from an address in Australia to an address in the USA the ever helpful "Get directions" tool...
Google Maps features a very funny Google EasterEgg: If you ask for directions from an address in Australia to an address in the USA the ever helpful "Get directions" tool gives some great tips on how to cross the Pacific Ocean.