We all think that Google is just about searching and finding useful information. Well, Google has created some fun stuff so people like us can have some fun and kill some time. This post will show you how to find them and use them to have fun and use Google for more than you thought you could. Lets get to it, shall we?
The first thing I will introduce to you all is ‘Elgoog’.
What is Elgoog
This word might sound weird or funny to some but it is fun to use. The real question is, what exactly is ‘Elgoog'.elgooG (word Google spelled backwards) is a mirrored website of Google Search with horizontally flipped search results, also known as a "Google mirror". It was created by All Too Flat "for fun", which started to gain popularity in 2002. Elgoog gained a lot of popularity for its ‘Easter eggs’. Oh god, another unfamiliar term. Don’t worry, I will explain it.
What exactly are Easter eggs?
Easter eggs are hidden features or messages, inside jokes, and cultural references inserted into media. They are often well hidden, so that users find it gratifying when they discover them, helping form bonds between their creators and finders. I have tried them a lot of times and I have to say, they are pretty fun to use. Many such Easter eggs are available on elgoog. It is pretty simple to access elgoog. All you have to do is type ‘Elgoog’ in the google search bar and click the first result. Welcome to elgoog!
Easter eggs you will find on Elgoog.
Thanos snap trick [ click the gauntlet and see the search results disappear]
Underwater search [ browse google with a fun underwater effect.]
Google zipper [ open the google homepage like a jacket! ]
Elgoog [ It is a google mirror where everything is backwards! ]
Let it snow [ See snowflakes falling down on your google and see it frost ]
Do a barrel roll [ Click it and see google do a full barrel roll! ]
Google tilt [ See google tilt a little ]
Google 1998 [ This will take you back to 1998 version of google when it was first launched ]
Google gravity [ Watch all of google fall down to the ground! ]
Google spring [ Ever imagined google turning into a spring? ]
Upside down google search [ All text, images and results upside down! ]
Google terminal [ See what google would have looked like in the 1980’s ]
Google guitar [ Play a guitar on the google homepage ]. This Easter egg is not fully functional yet.
This is one of the Easter eggs. Honestly, its my favourite! Try it- 'Thanos snap trick'
These are the fun and different versions of google in elgoog. There are more Easter eggs which are free games here too! I have mentioned many in my previous blog post but let’s list them. You can find the instructions about how you can find them in my previous post- ‘ How to play free and fun games on google’.
About some fun games you will find on Elgoog.
You know about the games like Atari breakout and pac man which are available there. There are some more games too! You all read about the dino game from my previous post, but did you know that two more versions are available on elgoog.
The second version of the game available on elgoog is the dino game birthday version which is the same as the regular dino game but has birthday cakes in it which carry points in it. Not much of an update, is it? But the third version is the coolest. The ones who are gamers and like to play games would understand the importance of graphics and background score in a game. The first and second version have no graphics in them and look kind of boring to me. The third version of this game is called 3D T-rex Dino game. It has really good 3D graphics and a catchy background score. The way of playing the game remains the same as the other versions.
There are other games too, like Zerg rush and snake. The snake game available to play for free on Elgoog is a little different from the one you can play by typing ‘ play snake game’ in the search bar but it is definitely fun to play.
The next game is called 2048. Here is how you will play it. 2048 is a game where you combine numbered tiles in order to gain a higher numbered tile. In this game you start with two tiles, the lowest possible number available is two. Then you will play by combining the tiles with the same number to have a tile with the sum of the number on the two tiles.
You can also play a game called ‘Space invaders’. You have to destroy enemy spaceships and destroyers by firing at them with a canon. Press the space keys to fire and the arrows key to navigate. You can also navigate by using the A key for going left and the S key for going right.
Some more fun things to do on google just by typing them in the search bar!
Roll a dice
Flip a coin [ need some luck to make a choice? Leave it to google! ]
Spin the dreidel.
Animal sounds
Play tic tac toe.
Google book N gram viewer. [ The Google N gram Viewer or Google Books N gram Viewer is an online search engine that charts the frequencies of any set of search strings using a yearly count of n-grams found in sources printed between 1500 and 2019 in Google's text corpora in English, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, or Spanish. ]
Game of life
Blink html [ see some words ‘blink’ in the search results ]
Fun facts.
A cool google hack
Have you ever thought that what if google was all black instead of white? It would look so much cooler and it would be easier to use it during the night. There is an easy way you can turn all of your web-pages black instead of white using dark mode. This means, whatever you use and open in google, will be black instead of white. Here are some simple steps you can follow to do it-
Navigate to your google address bar.
Type ‘chrome://flags’ in the address bar.
Locate a search bar on the top of the page that will appear.
Type ‘Dark mode’ in that search bar.
Change the settings from ‘default’ to ‘enabled’.
After you do that, google will ask you to relaunch your google browser.
Press relaunch and your job is done.
I hope you found this post useful.
Stay tuned for the next one! I will try my best to make it awesome!
Thank you.
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