Reader Mark Sturtevant called my attention to something that most of us probably don’t know about: Google “Easter Eggs”: results of searches that yield a bonus.
He found one this way:
I did not know that Google had ‘Easter eggs’.But here is one:In Google, type in: wizard of ozClick on the red slippers,then click on the tornado.
Yes, it’s a little cute “find” that you have to know about to see. When you Google, you’ll see this; click on the red slippers and then after some kerfuffle you’ll get a tornado. Click on that and you’ll get a different kerfuffle.
Then I found out (by Googling, of course), that there’s a Big List of Google Easter Eggs. Some are retired, but there are enough to amuse you for a while. I don’t know how one finds these things; presumably people hit on them by accident. But how did they know to click on the red shoes? Does that triangular symbol to the left tell you?
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Thanx. Haven’t watch that in ages.
I remember finding out about this a few years ago, there was one for Thanos from the Avengers movies.
Yeah, it was a good one but it seems that it’s no longer working.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/4/26/18518058/avengers-endgame-easter-egg-google-thanos
The triangle to the left of the shoes is the ‘share’ button, a shortcut to your contacts and social media sites for sending a link to a page.
I was aware of “do a barrel roll”
The list doesn’t include the Pele one which I commented here a day or two ago. Search for the famous soccer player, “pele”. Scroll down to the page list and click on the football.
Googling “askew” is pretty good.
hah! Thanks
I would encourage you all to drop Google & replace it with another search engine such as duckduckgo. They do not track you. I use Ecosia as they are ethically minded & PLANT TREES! What does Google do that is not evil?
The Jason Isaacs one is missing (may only work in the UK).