It is impossible to find somebody who uses the Internet, and doesn’t know about Google. The near global technology, even though often recognized for its namesake search engine, also gives a whole slide of different products, including email (Gmail), a video sharing platform (YouTube), an online office suite (Google Docs), and etc.,
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Google Search Easter Eggs
Popular of Google’s Easter eggs are unseen in its most popular product (i.e. Google Search), and can be accessed just by using a specific word or phrase as the search string.
1. Do a barrel roll
Type in Do a barrel roll in the Google search box, and we will see the entire webpage rotate clockwise by a full 360 degrees.
10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
2. Pacman
Perhaps the most popular game of all time, the classic Pacman continues to be as entertaining. If you playing a level, all you should simply run a search for Pacman and a card will appear with a playable version of the game.
10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
3. Atari breakout
It’s Google’s take on the classic Breakout game, established and published by Atari. To access this Easter egg, Google image search for the Atari breakout string, and the images in search results will turn into colorful bricks, which you can smash with the ball, while bouncing it off the paddle. If manage to finish the game, the search automatically redirects to results from any random Image search. And if you can’t complete it, you can always aim for the highest score, which can be shared through Google+ with one click.
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10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
4. Zerg rush
Search for Zerg rush, and your search results will be attacked from all sides by groups of O alphabets. The Os can be destroyed by clicking on them repeatedly. The game ends either when all the search results have been destroyed, or when you’ve overcome all the Os. The high score can be shared as well.
10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
5. Askew
Key in Askew as the search term, and the entire webpage will be tilted to the right side.
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10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
6. Google in 1998
Google additionally had humble beginnings, when it started off in 1998. Use Google in 1998 as the search query, and go back in time.
10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
7. Flip a coin
It can always be sorted out by tossing a coin. This Easter egg, we don’t even need to have one in your pocket to toss. Search for Flip a coin, and see whether we get Heads or Tails.
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10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
8. Roll a die
There are several games that involve rolling the always familiar six faced die. All we have to run a search for Roll a die, and we will get a random number from 1 to 6.
10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
9. Once in a blue moon
Often Once in a blue moon is a phrase associated with events that almost never happen, or happen rarely. Search for Once in a blue moon, and find out exactly how much it actually is (hint: It’s in Hertz).
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10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try
10. Blink HTML
Use Blink HTML as the search string, and all the occurrences of the words Blink and HTML in the search results will start blinking.
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10 Hidden Google Easter Eggs That You’ve Got to Try