elgooG
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elgooG is the word Google spelled backwards.
All Too Flat and elgooG
[edit]All Too Flat, a website dedicated to "useless information and the promotion of laughter", created elgooG or "Google Mirror" for fun. As a mirror site of Google, it accepted queries and provided search results that were spelled in reverse alphabetical order.[1] elgooG gained popularity in 2002 because it could still be accessed from mainland China through the Great Firewall even after the government blocked search engines such as AltaVista and Google, although the mirror site did not have support for Chinese characters.[2][1] elgooG was not officially affiliated with Google.[1] Its creators asked Google for permission to sell elgooG merchandise to cover bandwidth costs but were refused.[3]
com.google
[edit]On April 8, 2015, Google created an official mirrored version of Google Search for April Fools' Day.[4] The site was available at com.google, and was the company's first ever use of the .google top-level domain.[5]
elgoog.im
[edit]elgoog.im claims to "restore, unearth, and occasionally create interactive Google Easter eggs". It is not officially affiliated with Google.[6][7]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Google Mirror FAQ". All Too Flat. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Knight, Will (2002-09-06). "Google mirror beats Great Firewall of China". New Scientist. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ "Google users find mirror-image tweak". Daily Titan. 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Tweedie, Steven. "Search Google backwards with this secret April Fools' Day trick". Business Insider.
- ^ Williams, Owen (1 April 2015). "Roundup: All Of Google's Jokes For April Fools' Day 2015". TNW. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Google Mirror - I'm elgooG". elgoog.im. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (16 April 2022). "20 Hidden Google Search Easter Eggs to Hunt For". CNET. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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