A parody of online dating, it had a link for "those who generally favor the 'throw enough stuff at the wall' approach to online dating" to Post multiple profiles with a bulk upload file, you sleaze in addition to Post your Google Romance profile. Solve it with Google Romance." It pretends to offer a "Soulmate Search" to send users on a "Contextual Date". On April Fools' Day 2006, Google Romance was announced on the main Google search page with the introduction, "Dating is a search problem. In the Google Gulp FAQ, Google replies to the observation "I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?" by saying "Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing." Although ostensibly free, the company claimed the beverage could only be obtained by returning the cap of a Google Gulp bottle to a local grocery store: a Catch-22. This hoax was probably intended as a parody of Google's then invite-only email service called Gmail. The drink was said to come in "four great flavors": Glutamate Grape ( glutamic acid), Sugar-Free Radical ( free radicals), Beta Carotty ( Beta-Carotene), and Sero-Tonic Water ( serotonin). It was claimed this boost was achieved through real-time analysis of the user's DNA and carefully tailored adjustments to neurotransmitters in the brain (a patented technology termed Auto-Drink as the "Google Gulp FAQ" suggests, partly through MAO inhibition). According to the company, this beverage would optimize one's use of the Google search engine by increasing the drinker's intelligence. Google Gulp, a fictitious drink, was announced by Google in 2005. In reality, it was a double fake, in that the announced product was serious. The announcement of Gmail was written in an unserious jokey language normally seen in April Fools' jokes, tricking many into thinking that it was an April Fools' joke. ![]() Google also announced Gmail on April 1, with an unprecedented and unbelievable free 1 GB space, compared to e.g. Google Job Opportunities: Google Copernicus Center is hiring.Copernicus is the name of a new operating system they claimed to have created for working at the research center. įictitious job opportunities for a research center on the moon. The article makes many humorous references and puns based on computer terminology and how Google PageRank really works, (for example, a chart showing the pigeons' consumption of linseed and flax, represented as the "lin/ax kernel," a pun on the Linux kernel). Google touts the benefits of this cost-effective and efficient means of ranking pages and reassures readers that there is no animal cruelty involved in the process. Google reveals the technology behind its PageRank Systems-PigeonRank.Pi. Please try again.Īn additional error message was included which converted all navigation text to German, but was scrapped after user complaints. Error: MentalPlex™ has determined that this is not your final answer.Please clap hands three times, while chanting "I believe" and try again. Remove aluminum foil and remote control devices. Try again after removing hat, glasses and shoes. Error 104: That information was lost with the Martian Lander.Error CKR8: That information is protected under the National Security Act.Error 445: Searching on this topic is prohibited under international law. ![]()
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