The amount of information that Google holds is, beyond any doubt, amazing and this is maybe one of the reasons we are so connected with this search engine. All the functions and functionalities keep evolving, and even though you might know and admire the really creative Google Doodles and you might have already amused yourself with some of the big G’s April Fools Day jokes, some of you might not be aware of the different secrets that it holds: the Google Easter Eggs. 

 

Blame it on the season, blame it on our curiosity but we’ve prepared for you the most comprehensive list of Google Easter Eggs that I am sure it will intrigue you just as much it intrigued us. We might mention that we are not offering you the decorated or chocolate eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter or springtime celebration. We’re offering you something just as “delicious” from a recreational point of view:  the hidden messages, intentional inside jokes, or secret features, in other words the complete list of Google Easter Eggs. 

 

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We’ve tried to gather all the Easter Eggs that are available at the moment. Keep in mind that if you want all of them to work, it will be useful to have the latest version of Google Chrome browser. With no further introduction, we declare the traditional (Google) Easter egg hunt opened. 

 

  1. The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
  2. Baker’s Dozen
  3. Bletchley Park
  4. Conway’s Game of Life
  5. Play Atari Breakout in Google Images 
  6. Askew  
  7. Flip a Coin
  8. Fun Facts
  9. Feeling Curious
  10. Roll a Die
  11. Play Solitaire
  12. Server Status 418. I’m a Teapot
  13. Tic Tac Toe or Terni Lapilli
  14. Spinner
  15. Play Dreidel
  16. Once in a Blue Moon
  17. The Number of Horns on a Unicorn
  18. Loneliest Number
  19. Search For “Anagram” Or “Define Anagram”
  20. Blink HTML
  21. Marquee HTML
  22. Do a Barrel Roll
  23. Festivus
  24. Google in 1998
  25. Is Google Down?
  26. Zerg Rush
  27. Search for Recursion
  28. Sonic Easter Egg
  29. Super Mario Bros
  30. Kerning
  31. Pac-Man
  32. 3D Easter Egg
  33. Bacon Number 
  34. Valentine’s Day Easter Egg
  35. LGBT
  36. Bubble Level
  37. Pirate Language
  38. Hacker Language
  39. Bork Bork Bork Language
  40. Loch Ness Monster 
  41. Google Mars
  42. Google Moon
  43. Dinosaur Game
  44. What Sound Does a Dog make?
  45. Metronome
  46. Nutrition Info
  47. Converter
  48. The Funniest Joke in the World
  49. Timer
  50. Lego Lovers Build with Chrome
  51. Spelling Numbers
  52. Explore Space with Google Sky
  53. Find Webpage Fonts
  54. Infinity Gauntlet or Thanos from Marvel Comics
  55. Do A Barrel Roll
  56. What Is Nothing
  57. Text Adventure 
  58. Find the Height or Age of Celebrities
  59. Carmen Sandiego Google Earth
  60. Google Gravity
  61. Let Me Google That for You 
  62. But Where is Chuck Norris?
  63. Google Space
  64. Google Sphere
  65. Wizard of Oz
  66. Friends
  67. Breathing Exercise
  68. Color Picker
  69. Random Number Generator
  70. Webdriver Torso
  71. Google Logo History
  72. Google Birthday Surprise Spinner
  73. Snake
  74. Minesweeper
  75. Interactive Fiction
  76. Earth Day Quiz
  77. Google Doodles
  78. I’m Feeling Lucky
  79. LGBT Pride In Google Sheets

 

1. The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything

 

This is really one of the coolest Google Search Easter Eggs, especially for those who read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. In his book he wrote that “the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.” A lot of fans tried to decipher what was the secret meaning of the number, but Douglas Adams himself said: “The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base 13, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat on my desk, stared into the garden and thought 42 will do. I typed it out. End of story.” Even though the author said the number was made up, millions of Hitchhiker’s fans still think of multiple secret motivations.

 

the answer to life the universe and everything

 

 

 

2. Baker’s Dozen

 

If you go to the search bar and look for “baker’s dozen”, you will see the number 13 on the calculator. A baker’s dozen, a long dozen or a devil’s dozen is 13 and this comes from the practice of medieval English bakers giving an extra loaf when selling a dozen. This represented an insurance against the items being lower than the statutory weight, or of lower than usual quality, which could cause the baker to be fined. The thirteen loaves where never called by the number and were described as a “baker’s dozen” because of the “unlucky 13”. 

 Bakers dozen

 

 

3. Bletchley Park

 

Look for “Bletchley Park” and on the search results page you will notice that Google’s Knowledge Panel will decode the name of Bletchley Park and will show it beneath the location on Google Maps. In the World War II, Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers and it housed the Government Code and Cypher School. According to Wikipedia, it regularly unveiled the secret communications of the Axis Powers, the most important German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. 

 Bletchley Park easter egg

 

4. Conway’s Game of Life

 

This is also among the nice Google Search Easter Eggs. Simply Google for “Conway’s Game of Life”, and you will see a few small blue boxes that move through different patterns and spread over the page. According to Wikipedia, The Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway, in 1970. The “game” is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves or, for advanced “players”, by creating patterns with particular properties.

 

 Conways game of life Easter Egg

 

 

5. Play Atari Breakout in Google Images

 

Do you want to kill boredom? Well, you’ve finally reached the right place. Go to Google and do an image search for ”Atari Breakout” and start playing. This will be a breeze for anybody who loves the “oldies but goldies” type of video games and it will certainly bring back some memories. You will be able to navigate the paddle by using your mouse or arrow keys on your keyboard in order to destroy all images.

 3. Atari Breakout

 

6. Askew 

 

Search for ”askew” and the search engine will tilt the screen for you. This is one of the display Easter eggs that Google has. Everything else still works as it should and if you look for anything else the search results page will go back to normal.

 

askew easter egg

 

 

7. Flip a Coin

 

We have all flipped a coin in order to decide something with another person. The folks at Google seem to do this so much that they had to include a card with an animated coin flip. This time at least, you will know that it is a fair deal.

 

4. Flip a coin

 

 

8. Fun Facts

 

Do you know when ears and nose stop growing? If you feel like you want to learn something new, go to the Google search bar and write down “fun facts” and be amazed.

 

5. Fun Facts easter egg

 

 

9. Feeling Curious

 

This one is pretty similar to fun facts. If you like trivia questions or you get bored, this is really useful. Google “I’m feeling curious” and the search engine will show you a random question and an answer that will teach you something new every single day. If you click on Ask Another Question, this will never stop. Did you know that the olympic flag was first flown at the Antwerp games in 1920?

 

Feeling curious easter egg

 

 

10. Roll a Die

 

This is one that Google made for all the gamblers out there. All you have to do is search ”roll a die” or “roll dice” and the big G will roll a die for you, one out of six.

This is how the tool looked first:

 

google-roll-dice easter egg

Source: www.seroundtable.com

 

Now, Google has improved its “roll a die” tool, one of its longest-standing Easter eggs, with multi-sided dice. The new version allows you to roll as many dice as you wish. Chose your favorites and roll them all. Previously the users were limited to one six-sided die, now they can roll 2,4,12 and 25 sided dice at once. 

 

Roll a die

 

 

11. Play Solitaire

 

The history of the card game named Solitaire dates back to the mid-18th century. Solitaire gained different names along the time, but what really matters is that now you can simply Google ”solitaire” and you will be able to play the card classics Solitaire in any desktop browser in an instant.

 

Solitaire easter egg

 

 

12. Server Status 418. I’m a Teapot

 

You can easily access the page by clicking here. This is an easter egg which was designed for server and SEO geeks. The teapot page is a 418 response code, which was initially an April Fools Joke from 1998 that was not intended for implementation, even though Google did it anyway.

 

Teapot easter egg

 

 

13. Tic Tac Toe or Terni Lapilli

 

It does not matter if you call it Tic Tac Toe or Terni Lapilli, as the ancient Romans used to call it, simply Google “tic tac toe” or even “terni lapilli” and discover a game you can play with the computer or with a friend. For a challenge we recommend the impossible difficulty.

 

Tic Tac Toe easter egg

 

 

14. Spinner & Fidget Spinner

 

You can go to the Google homepage and search for the word “spinner” and you will see an interactive spinning wheel appearing. You will also be able to choose numbers from 2 to 20. 

 

spinner google easter egg

 

In the top right part of the spinner, you can change the type between number and fidget. By default, you can see the number spinner. If you want you can change it to the fidget spinner. 

 

Any fans of fidget spinners here? Then Google has a surprise for you. You can directly get the toy if you search for “fidget spinner”. You’ll get a chance to spin the toy from the browser. Spin as many times you want to make it go faster or change its spinning direction. 

Fidget spinner

 

15. Play Dreidel

Talking about games and easter eggs, you can type “play dreidel” in the search bar and enjoy. For those who do not know, dreidel is a Jewish variant of the teetotum, a gambling toy found in many European cultures. Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ‎ (Nun), ג‎ (Gimel), ה‎ (He), ש‎ (Shin), which together form the acronym for “נס גדול היה שם‎” (Nes Gadol Hayah Sham – “a great miracle happened there”). It is great that it is now one of the Google games. 

 

Play Dreidel

 

 

16. Once in a Blue Moon

 

This is one of the amazing Google easter eggs. If you search “once in a Blue Moon”, Google will guide you to the mathematical equation for the occurrence of a blue moon. The calculator will show the result of “once in a blue moon = 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz”. Once in a blue moon is something that happens rarely.

 

Once in a blue moon

 

 

17. The Number of Horns on a Unicorn

Similar to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy joke, look for “the number of horns on a unicorn” and the search engine will show you the calculator with the answer “1”.

 

Unicorn easter egg

 

 

18. Loneliest Number

Look for the “loneliest number” in the search box and the Google calculator will show you the answer “1”.

 

Loneliest number easter egg

 

 

19. Search For “Anagram” Or “Define Anagram”

This is a must in the definitive list of easter eggs. Write “anagram” in the search box, Google will ask you “did you mean: nag a ram?”. For more fun you can type in “define anagram” and it will ask you again “did you mean: nerd fame again?”

 

Anagram easter egg

 

Define Anagram easter egg

  

 

20. Blink HTML

 

The easter egg hidden here is quite interesting. Type “blink html” or “<blink>” in the search box in order to activate it. You will notice that the words “blink” and “html” will actually blink on the SERP. You can see an animated GIF with this action:

 

blink-html-google-easter-egg

Source: www.searchengineland.com

 

 

21. Marquee HTML

 

Another interesting secret hidden withing your Google page can be seen when looking for “marquee html”. You will notice that the results count will slowly move from right to left on the page. Check it yourself and see.

 

marquee html easter egg

 

 

22. Google Barrel Roll

 

Look for “do a barrel roll” and the SERP page will quickly execute a roll. The barrel roll is known as an airplane maneuver in which the pilot performs a 360 degree roll while flying forward at a consistent altitude. It seems like Google wanted to help people understand what this maneuver is by simply showing it.

 

do a barrel roll easter egg

 

 

 

23. Festivus

 

It seems that Seinfeld fans will get a nice treat by typing “Festivus”: an undecorated aluminum Festivus pole. Festivus represents a parody and also a secular holiday that is celebrated on December 23. It represents an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. 

 

festivus easter egg

 

festivus

 

 

24. Google in 1998

 

For those who want to roll the years back and have a short reminder of how Google looked at the beginnings of time itself, search for “google in 1998” and you will get one of those classy SERP pages.

 

google in 1998

 

 

25. Is Google Down?

 

Quickly look for “is google down” and you will get the answer in an instant…or not?

 

Is Google down easter egg

 

 

26. Zerg Rush

Search “zerg rush” and fight to protect the results on the SERP! If you have ever played a Starcraft game you will know that a “zerg rush” is a tactic which implies gathering a low-level or poorly equipped group against an opposing group in the hope that big numbers will crush the adversary. The search will activate a simplified example of a zerg rush using an army of O’s. When you finish the game, the O’s will gather up in the form of “GG”, which all of the gamers out there will know that it means “good game”. 

 

zerg rush

 

Zerg Rush 2

 

 

27. Search for Recursion

 

The recursion Google joke seems to be a classic. Look up for the word “recursion”, which means a repeated application of a recursive procedure, and the engine will ask you “did you mean: recursion?”. No matter how many times you click it, you will end up on the same page.

 

recursion easter egg

 

 

28. Sonic Easter Egg

 

This is a nice Easter egg for all the Sonic fans out there. Search “sonic the hedgehog” and you will see an animated .gif with Sonic waiting in the info card located on the right side of the SERP page.

 

Sonic easter egg

 

 

29. Super Mario Bros

Write “Super Mario Bros” in the search bar and you will notice an animated .gif question mark box on the knowledge panel which is located on the right side of the screen.

 

Super Mario Bros easter egg

 

 

30. Kerning

 

Search “kerning” on Google and every time you will see the word “kerning” on the SERP page, you will notice that it has the spacing between the letters applied.

 

kerning easter egg

 

 

31. Pac-Man

 

Ready for more of the Google Easter eggs games? Search “pac-man” and use the arrow keys to play the video game.

 

Pac-man easter egg

 
 

32. 3D Easter Egg

 

This is one of the amazing Google easter eggs. Click here and along with a mind blowing calculus you will see a spinning egg in 3D.

 

36. Easter egg-min

 

 

33. Bacon Number

 

This is another fun Google secret. Type “bacon number” followed by any actor’s name and you will get the bacon number. This represents the number of degrees of separation they have from actor Kevin Bacon, as defined by the game known as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The numbers go from 1 to 6 because there is the theory of six degrees of separation which says that all living things and everything else in the world is six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps.

 

Bacon number google easter egg

 

 

34.Valentine’s Day Easter Egg

 

Do you feel the need of giving your heart to someone? Google made it easier than ever. You can click here and see an Easter egg that might work good for valentine’s day. And if it doesn’t work good for Valentine, at least you will impress the other with a complicated mathematical calculus. 

 

Valentine easter egg heart

 

 

35. LGBT

 

During the Gay Pride Parades, users that search for keywords like “gay pride,” “marriage equality” and other LGBT rights terms will see a rainbow themed SERP. The colourful results will differ and sometimes even the Google logo will change, as a sign of support for the LGBT community.

 

gay pride lgbt easter egg

 

 

36. Bubble Level

 

Simply search for “bubble level” on your smartphone and you will instantly have an interactive leveler on your mobile phone. 

 

Bubble level

 

 

37. Pirate Language

 

If you want to check out Google’s pirate interface go to the language setting and you will be feeling lucky sailing the web with Google’s pirate language in no time. Good luck with your searrrrrch!

 

Pirate Language easter egg

 

38. Hacker Language

 

Hacker language or Leet Speak (1337 5p34k) means elite speak or eleet speak. It is an alternative alphabet that replaces usual letters with different ASCII characters. This alphabet is used to translate a text so it can be very hard to read for someone that isn’t used to leet speak.

 

Basically, each letter is replaced with a similar-looking number. For example, interface will become 1n732f4c3. 

 

Hacker language Google easter egg

 

Similar to Pirate language, if you change the setting in Google search to Hacker language, you’ll get a new 1n732f4c3. 

 

39. Bork Bork Bork Language

Another Google Easter Egg in the language setting is the Bork Bork Bork Language. Bork! Bork! is a joke language put in by the designers of Guild Wars. It is based on the half-language spoken by the Swedish Chef, a character from The Muppet Show. 

 

Bork Bork Bork language

 

 

 

40. Loch Ness Monster

 

It is time for a Google Maps Easter Egg. After intensive searches and a lot of really hard work, our team here at cognitiveSEO has finally found the Loch Ness Monster. All you have to do is to search for “Loch Ness” and you will see the Google Maps Pegman button change in the bottom right corner.

 

Loch Ness easter egg

 

 

41. Google Mars

 

If you got tired of Google Earth and you want to take a short trip to Mars, it is now easier than ever and you can even take a Google street view. The folks from Google declared not long before April Fools Day:

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is committed to meeting our customers needs—no matter where they are. Amidst our growing list of new regions, today we’re pleased to announce our expansion to Mars. In addition to supporting some of the most demanding disaster recovery and data sovereignty needs of our Earth-based customers, we’re looking to the future cloud infrastructure needed for the exploration and ultimate colonization of the Red Planet. Our first interplanetary data center—affectionately nicknamed “Ziggy Stardust”—will open in 2018. Our Mars exploration started as a 20% project with the Google Planets team, which mapped Mars and other bodies in space and found a suitable location in Gale Crater, near the landing site of NASA’s Curiosity rover.

 

Google Mars easter egg

 

Mars

 

 

42. Google Moon

 

Are you curious about the Apollo missions? Do you want to have a closer look at the moon? You can now easily do this with the aid of Google by following this link.

 

Google Moon

 

 

43. Dinosaur Game

 

Some of you Google Chrome users might already know about the dinosaur game. Every time your internet connection falls down you will be able to press the space bar and the arrow keys to play it. 

 

dinosaur game

 

 

44. What Sound Does a Dog make?

 

It does not apply only to dogs, but all you have to do is search for “what sound does a dog make” and you will be able to hear it and even choose multiple animals. 

 

Sound animals easter egg

 

 

45. Metronome

This is a really useful secret feature for musicians. Anytime you want your instrument just look for “metronome” and you will have one in a heartbeat.

 

metronome

 

 

46. Nutrition Info

You can quickly do a google search of “nutrition…” and add any food and find out all the details you need to take care of health.

 

nutrition

 

47. Converter

 

Whether you want to quickly convert Euro to USD or kilograms to pounds, you can quickly search it and find out the result.

 

converter

converter 2

 

48. The Funniest Joke in the World

 

This is a small Google hacker result. Look for “Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput! to English” and see what Google Translate has to say.  If you are curious about the german phrase, you need to know that it’s often referred to as “The Funniest Joke in the World” .This is the title most frequently used for written references to a Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedy sketch. 

 

Fatal error

 

49. Timer

 

Let’s say that you easily want to keep track of time and you want a handy tool in your web browser. There is a hidden timer directly in Google’s Search.

 

Timer

 

50. Lego Lovers Build with Chrome

 

This is something that Lego lovers will certainly spend lots of time with. You get a Google Earth view with this website and you get to build what you want where you want. Go to the website and enjoy it!

 

build with chrome

 

51. Spelling Numbers

 

If you ever have trouble with spelling or reading a big number in english, you can ask the big G to help you out. All you have to do it look for “number=english”

 

Number speaker

 

52. Explore Space with Google Sky

 

Did you get bored of the Google Earth flight simulator? Go to this page and enjoy your space voyage.

 

Sky easter egg

 

 

53. Find Webpage Fonts

 

If you are in need of finding a really nice font for something you can go to Google.com/fonts and see what fits you. What is the cool thing is that you can compare fonts based on the exact phrase that interest you. 

 

fonts feature

 

54. Infinity Gauntlet or Thanos from Marvel Comics

 

If you’re a fan of Marvel Comics, you have to see this cool trick with Thanos. Search for “Thanos” or “Infinity Gauntlet” and click on the hand form the right side. 

 

Thanos

 

 

55. Do A Barrel Roll

 

This Easter Egg does a 360 flip and turns the results upside-down before it brings them again. If you want to see this cool trick check this link.

 

Do A Barrel Roll

 

 

56. What Is Nothing

 

Searching for “what is nothing” on the web will show you an answer box with the explanation of the word nothing and a black picture attached to it. You can test it yourself.

What is nothing

 

 

57. Text Adventure 

 

Text Adventure is a tricky one. It is a bit complicated to find this one. You’ll find to search for “Text Adventure” on Google. Then right click on the page and select “Inspect”. On the sidebar will appear the script for the page. Choose “Console” and you’ll get a list of instructions which will ask you if you want to play a game. Type yes and start playing. A blue G will appear on screen and you’ll have to reunite the other letter in Google. 

 

 

 

58. Find the Height or Age of Celebrities

 

Search for the name of any celebrity you’d like and type high or age to get a fast answer. For example, if we search for Madonna height, you’ll get this answer: 

 

Ask for age and height

 

 

59. Carmen Sandiego Google Earth

 

Go to Google Earth and search for “Carmen Sandiego“. If you’re a fan animation you can follow Carmen Sandiego across the globe, by playing the game and finding the clues.

 

Carmen Sandiego Google Earth

 

Third-Party Easter Eggs

 

60. Google Gravity

This lets you feel the power of gravity while searching for a Google result. Check it yourself by clicking here.

 

google gravity

Source: www.bosstechy.com

 

61. Let Me Google That for You

 

A really cool trick, you can see what it does by clicking here. It basically shows you how to search for something on the web and it can be really useful for those friends of ours who ask a lot of questions. But what we really found interesting and fun is that Google also had some fun regarding the subject. Search for “let me google that for you” and see what the knowledge box says. We have surely amused ourselves by reading the Q&As.

 

LMGFY easter egg

 

 

62. But Where is Chuck Norris?

 

For those who love Chuck Norris jokes, you can click here.

 

Google chuck norris

 

 

63. Google Space

 

This website shows you how Google would look like if it were in the zero gravity mode. You can check it out yourself.

 

Google space

 

 

64. Google Sphere

 

Another Mr. Doob experiment, this shows you Google in the form of a sphere.

 

Google Sphere

 

 

65. Wizard of Oz

 

For all the SF lovers, search “wizard of oz” on Google search and you’ll be whisked away to the magical land of Oz exactly like Dorothy and her dog, Toto. Click on the red sparkly shoes and join the fun. The Google Easter egg was created to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its release. 

 

If you have your speakers on you’ll hear the magical words “There’s no place like home” on a whispered voice. If you want to return, then click on the tornado and Dorothy’s house will pop out of it.

 

Wizard of Oz

 

There’s no place like your search results.

 

 

66. Friends

Google is marking the 25th Anniversary of Friends through 6 easter eggs for each character featuring the most iconic moments. If you’re not familiar with the TV show (shame on you), there are 6 cast members that have memorable phrases, looks or actions that made them last over the years and made them popular. 

Type in each cast member or “Friends X – name”. 

 

Rachel Green: Has an icon of her hairstyle. Tap on it to trigger a Google image search for “The Rachel”.

Friends Rachel

 

Phoebe Buffay: Has a guitar icon. Tap on the guitar to trigger the “Smelly Cat” song.

Friends Phoebe

 

Monica Geller: Has a bucket of cleaning solution. Tap on it to see a sponge that cleans the screen.

Friends Monica

 

Chandler Bing: Has an icon of a reclining chair. Tap on it to trigger his pet duck and baby chick.

 

Joey Tribbiani: Has a pizza slice icon. Tap on it to hear Joey’s famous line: “Joey doesn’t share food”.

Friends Joey

 

Ross Geller: Has a couch icon. If you click on it will pivot the screen.

Friends Ross

 

67. Breathing Exercise

 

A new Google Easter Egg can be found if we search for breathing exercise or deep breathing. The cool trick is that it helps you for 1 minute to bring awareness on breathing. This way users will relax and focus on breathing. A cool trick to chill and send other the same exercise.  

 

Breathing Exercise - Google Easter Egg

 

68. Color Picker

 

The Color picker Google Easter egg or Hex color picker helps you browse through millions of colors and color harmonies. You can use the HTML color picker to get the Hex, RGB, HSL or CMYK values for each color. It is easy to use for developers, web designers and lots of people that need accurate values for specific colors. 

 

Color Picker

 

69. Random Number Generator

 

Similar to random.org, Random Number Generator lets you generate a number from a list. Place the minim and maximum elements on a list to select the winner. Search for “random numbers generator” to trigger the tool.

 

Changing the maximum or minimum to a number with more than 10 digits will generate a dizzy face emoji ?. Changing both the maximum and the minimum to 100 will generate a hundred points symbol.

 

 

67. Random Number Generator

Random Number Generator

 

70. Webdriver Torso

 

It all started when a Youtube account named Webdriver Torse started posting lots of 11-second videos showing a series of blue and rectangles. Speculations were to say aliens and spies were communicating through those videos. 

The mystery was solved when Google made an official statement saying they were doing tests. 

We’re never gonna give you uploading that’s slow or loses video quality, and we’re never gonna let you down by playing YouTube in poor video quality. That’s why we’re always running tests like Webdriver Torso.

That’s how the Webdriver Torso Easter egg appeared. If you search for “Webdriver Torso” the Google logo will look like a Webdriver Torso video.

 

Webdriver Torso

 

71. Google Logo History

 

By searching “Google Logo History” you’ll be able to see the evolution of the changes suffered by the logo since the first real Google appeared back in 1998: 

  • 1998: Larry Page and Sergey Brin use this logo for their Stanford University graduate project.
  • August 30, 1998: The team heads to Burning Man and creates the first Doodle as an out-of-office message.
  • September, 1998: Google moves to google.com and shares its beta release with the world.
  • May, 1999: Still playful, the logo gets a more sophisticated look based on the Catull typeface.
  • May, 2010: The logo brightens up and sports a reduced drop shadow.
  • September, 2013: The logo goes flat with some typographical tweaks.
  • September, 2015: The logo becomes part of a new family that includes the Google dots and ‘G’ icon.

 

Google has two logos at first. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally created the web crawler named it “BackRub”, which afterward renamed it to what we know today – Google. 

 

Check out a short summary of Google logo searching for this easter egg.  

Google logo history

 

72. Google Birthday Surprise Spinner

 

Two years ago, Google celebrated its 19th birthday, with a Doodle that launches a spinner prompting 19 of its past Easter egg games and quizzes. By searching “Google birthday surprise spinner” you’ll get to take a spin and play some of the best collection of Google easter egg games. 

Google birthday surprise spinner

 

73. Snake

 

Searches for “snake,” “play snake,” “snake game” and “snake video game” all result in a “Play Snake” card showing at the top of search results. 

 

Snake Google easter egg

 

If you click on “Play” the game will launch where players can navigate the snake around the screen to eat an apple. It is similar to the game with the same name from created on  Nokia phones back in 1998.

 

Snake game

 

74. Minesweeper

 

Similar to the Windows game that nobody knew how to play it, Minesweeper game will launch in Google search results if you search for the name of the game. 

 

Minesweeper

 

To play Minesweeper, click anywhere on the board to start the game. Then, click another square. When you start seeing numbers, recognize that the number tells you how many mines are touching that square. Right-click squares where you think bombs are to mark them. 

 

Minesweeper win game

 

75. Interactive Fiction

 

If you search for “interactive fiction” you’ll find a Google easter egg hidden. Right-click > Inspect > Console to fin it the easter egg. You’ll see a warning message that says “copy and paste anything into this console. If someone tells you to, they might be trying to steal your account info“.

 

Interactive Fiction is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. 

 

Interactive fiction

 

76. Earth Day Quiz 

 

Google celebrated Earth Day in 2015 with a quiz. You get a set of questions and answers so, in the end, you’ll find out which animal are you. 

 

Earth day quiz

 

77. Google Doodles

If you’re in the mood for some doodle history and games search for “Google Doodles” and get a ton of them.

 

Google doodles easter eggs

 

Besides the Pac-Man, Haloween, Hip Hop, that we’ve already discussed, you can find out new ones:

Coding easter egg

Garden gnome easter egg

Loteria easter egg

 

78. I’m Feeling Lucky

If you want to search something on Google, you know you have that button that says I’m Feeling Lucky. And if you click on it you’ll be taken directly to the first search result, bypassing the search engine results page. 

Google improved it and now you have lots of feelings, depending on your mood or catch 😜:

  • curious
  • adventurous
  • artistic
  • generous
  • puzzled
  • trendy
  • playful
  • hungry doodly

The possibilities are numerous. You name it!

I'm feeling lucky easter egg

 

79. LGBT Pride In Google Sheets

 

If you go to Google Sheets and write “PRIDE” with each letter in a separate spreadsheet column will trigger rainbow columns.

 

ELGBT Pride Easter egg

 

 

Conclusion

 

It can be difficult to notice the difference between regular Easter eggs, a very well hidden in-joke and other special features that work on particular events such as Easter or Christmas holidays. From in-browser games, to hidden jokes and features, inspired by the season,  we have decided to start a hunt and post the most complete Google Easter Eggs list that you can find out there.  Google is highly dynamic and it’s hard to create a definitive list of Google Easter Eggs.  Features hidden within your Google browser will keep on popping out as the big G’s engineers try to maintain a sense of humor through surprises like these. 

 

Considering all the in-jokes, in-browser video games and the hidden features that we have found, we believe that our quest ended here and we believe that this is the list with most of the interesting eggs out there. Have you found any other Google Easter egg? Let us know!

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