I put together a list of useful and fun things Google can do for you, plus a few neat easter eggs many people don’t know.
1) Do a barrel roll:
Search “do a barrel roll” and the page will perform a barrel roll.
2) Zerg Rush:
Search “Zerg Rush” and little O’s attack and destroy search results one by one.
3) Atari Breakout:
Search “Atari Breakout” and click Images to play the classic Breakout game.
4) Google Timer:
Search “set timer to N minutes” and Google will run a countdown timer for you.
5) Tip Calculator:
Search “tip calculator” to enter bill amount, tip percentage, and number of people to split the bill.
6) Sunrise Time:
Search “sunrise in [city name]” to see the sunrise time for that location.
7) Books by an author:
Search “books by [author name]” to see a list of their books.
8) Songs by an artist:
Search “songs by [artist name]” to see their tracks.
9) Google’s old layout:
Search “google in 1998” to see how Google looked in 1998.
10) Spinner:
Search “spinner” to get an on-screen spinner to play with.
11) The Answer to Life:
Search “the answer to life the universe and everything” and Google will show “42.”
12) T-Rex Game:
Search “T-Rex game” (or open Chrome offline) to play the dinosaur runner game.
13) Fun Facts:
Search “I’m feeling curious” to get a random fun fact; click “Ask another question” for more.
14) Super Mario Bros.:
Search “Super Mario Bros.” and click the blinking question-mark box to get a coin sound; collect enough coins for a 1UP sound.
15) IP Address:
Search “what is my IP” and Google will display your public IP address.
16) Google Gravity:
Search “Google Gravity” (or visit elgoog variants) to see a gravity simulation where page elements fall.
17) Google Mirror:
Search “Google Mirror” to see mirrored text on the page.
Try all these tricks, and visit http://elgoog.im/ for more fun Google experiments.
Thanks for reading!
