Today we are going to share a few hidden secret easter eggs found in Google Search.
- "Do a Barrel Roll" OR "Z or R Twice"
- "Tilt" OR "Askew"
- Let it Snow
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
- Kwanzaa
- Zerg Rush
- Recursion
- Anagram
"Do a Barrel Roll" OR "Z or R Twice"
"Do a Barrel Roll" or "Z or R Twice" easter egg is inspired from a video game "Star Fox" developed by Nintendo in which a rabbit asks to do a barrel roll.
To enjoy this easter egg, simply type "Do a Barrel Roll" or type "Z or R Twice" in Google search box and the search results page will do a barrel roll before showing the results.
"Tilt" OR "Askew"
"Askew" or "Tilt" is another cool easter egg in which the search results page looks a bit weird and out of place. To enjoy this easter egg, simply search for either "askew" or "tilt" in Google.
Let it Snow
"Let it Snow" is a new easter egg found by AskVG readers "kennethesp" and "SaidSikiraX" in Google search results page. A Christmas gift from Google team:
Hanukkah
"Hanukkah" is also known as Festival of Lights. This easter egg found by AskVG reader "Mohit Bangre" shows a nice row of stars below the Google search box:
You can also try the words "Chanukah" or "Chanukkah" instead of "Hanukkah". Thanks to our reader "Greg" for sharing them...
Christmas
If you type "Christmas" in Google search box and press Enter, it'll show Christmas lights below search box as shown in following screenshot:
Thanks to our reader "sylviatran" for sharing Christmas easter egg...
Kwanzaa
If you search for kwanzaa in Google Search, you get an image of 7 candles below Google search box. This easter egg is related to "Kwanzaa" festival which is celebrated from 26th December to 1st January each year in United States.
Thanks to AskVG reader "Adam" for sharing "kwanzaa" easter egg..
Zerg Rush
If you search for Zerg Rush in Google Search, Google Search results page gets under aliens attack. The 'O' letter of colored Google logo turns into aliens who try to eat the whole page. You have to defend yourself by killing those aliens using mouse clicks on them.
This hidden easter egg is inspired from space strategy game "Star Craft".
Thanks to AskVG reader "Prateek" for sharing "Zerg Rush" easter egg..
Recursion
Check out how Google shows you meaning of "Recursion" by searching for Recursion in Google Search. When you search for "Recursion" term, a link "Did you mean: recursion" is shown below the search box even if you typed the correct spelling and the same page is loaded again and again whenever you click on that 'did you mean' link.
Thanks to AskVG readers "Mohit Bangre" and "Carbonize" for sharing "Recursion" easter egg..
Anagram
Search for Anagram in Google Search and Google will show a link "Did you mean: nag a ram" below the search box. Wondering why? Actually "Anagram" is a word game in which you need to create a new word using the same letters of another given word. So Google also plays the same game with you when you search for Anagram.
Thanks to AskVG reader "Snehil Sarkar" for sharing "Anagram" easter egg..
These easter eggs work in almost all modern web browsers. If you know about any other easter egg, feel free to share it in your comment...
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macpro622776
Haha cool
sumit_g
not working for me VG(tried in BOTH ie9 and FF3)......ya m using ff3..........lol...........anyways thanx for the share VG! :-)
SMBR
lolx.. :D
NZero
How about these old fun stuff:
Google Gravity
mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/
Google Gravity is a Google Chrome experiment that initially loads a typical Google home page and then suddenly the elements are pulled down by gravity and you can start tossing them around!
Google Gravity was launched back in Mar 18, 2009 according to the date posted on the author site.
chromeexperiments.com/detail/gravity/
The effect behind the creation of the Google Gravity is actually javascript with the extension box2d-js. It allow you to play with the element from Google homepage where all the thing in the site will simply breaks apart and fall down. And yet you can’t stop searching what you need you know.
Try to search something and it will drop more.
And
Google Sphere
mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_sphere/
dasazas
it not work for when i press Z / R twice, they appear on the text box.....
Swapnil
Not working for me. Opera 11.52 with Google India website. Not a browser sniffing issue as it did not work even after masking as Firefox.
Hawk
Work in FF7/8, and Chrome 15/17.
Don't work in Opera 11/12. :(
nipunb
worked in Chrome 15...
@dasazas :
you are supposed to type the full words without the quotes "Z or R Twice" ...
Jaydon Hansen
Do a barrel roll!
Christian
VG, have you tried or seen Google Gravity?
look, look!
mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/