Stupid Google tricks

Yeah, post 'em here.

(For non-German speakers: I was searching for Polish food - "polnisch essen" in German. Google tried to correct it to "spanisch essen because they apparently hate Poland.)

I was all over this when Google Search Suggestions first came out. Here's a fun list. Be sure to finish with a space and wait for the suggestions.

How to break a

How to get into a

What is the easiest

How do you make

Fastest way to get

How to tell your

How to clean a

Is my son

Is my daughter

Is my father

Is my mother

Is my girlfriend

Is my boyfriend

Can you run out

Can you find a

Can you make a

Where to find

Best way to

How can a

My computer is

My phone is

My cat is

My fish is

How to trick your

How to fool

How to sell

Need to get

Where to hide

Can you drive with

Can you drive without

Can you drive on

I found this one incredibly hilarious. Earned me some weird looks from people sitting next to me.

Here is one from awhile back. its ebay though. hmm html fail, probably for the better though.

The google maps used to make you swim the atlantic......doesn't do it anymore

This is true . . .but you CAN get walking directions from Atlanta to Bakersfield . . .if you so desire.

Just did this:

This is fun: as far as I know, at least 1 did...

Everybody thinks so, but no one will admit it...

I dont even know where to go with this one

DukeOfUndersteer wrote:

LOL but...fake:

http://www.inquisitr.com/34819/real-or-fake-white-people-stole-my-car-is-big-on-google/

I don't have a screen shot but I searched for "potato origin" but when I got to "potato or" the suggested said, "potato or potato" I know it meant poe-tay-toe or poe-tah-toe but no matter how you pronounce it it's spelled the same.

We actually made up a new game at the office today: The Google Image Search Dare. Basically you dare someone to do an unfiltered image search on a seemingly innocuous term.

I dared Scott to search on "chocolate volcano." No word yet on the results. I think he pussed out.

jg

JG Pasterjak wrote: We actually made up a new game at the office today: The Google Image Search Dare. Basically you dare someone to do an unfiltered image search on a seemingly innocuous term. I dared Scott to search on "chocolate volcano." No word yet on the results. I think he pussed out. jg

nothing bad...

You all do realize that google tailors search results and suggestions based on your previous search and browsing history right?

On Google Moon, if you zoomed in far enough, the surface used to turn to cheese. I thought that was pretty funny.

In reply to JG Pasterjak:

Went in 20 pages. Saw a nipple on page 13. Nothing else.

Too bad - it sounded promising....

My girlfriend once saw a groundhog or something in the woods behind our house. She promptly came inside to google image search different animals to try to identify what it was. She must have been pretty focused on animals, because it didn't strike her as a bad idea to do an image search for "beaver". The results certainly took her by surprise.

haha, i just googled beaver, and actual beavers came up, i was expecting some Not Safe At Work related pictures would appear. I guess im not googling enough bad stuff for it to pop up

The Google knows me pretty well, my third listing under beaver was for Primus

An old classic, type in "find Chuck Norris".

Awesome thread!