You use Google every day, so why not try something a little different?
The World Wide Web’s most popular search engine has revolutionized the culture of a generation of internet users and likely many to come. We never actually search for anything on-line, we ‘Google it’ these days. So, be different and
Google It
by using one of these unusual versions of the search engine.
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Elgoog
A Google Mirror brought to you by All Too Flat. It’s Google, only entirely backwards! Not very useful as a search engine since you have type in your search queries in reverse as well!
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Google Loco
A (loco) version of Google. This is a parody site that was just made to make fun of the original site. What’s cool is that the color of the search box changes when you type and the logo of Google shakes.
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Googoth
Fully implemented by Ezechiel Von Nutello, this version of Google has a
nicely done Gothic look to it. It specializes in dark, gothic, industrial, fetish or alternative topics.
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Google: Klingon
Everything is in the language Klingon. If you haven’t heard of Klingon,
it is the strange language the bumpy headed aliens in Star Trek use. Better
buy a Klingon English dictionary if you want to understand this!
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Google: Pig Latin
Everything is in Pig Latin. Pig Latin is an English language game, where the initial consonant sound of an English word is placed at the end and an ay is affixed, for example Google would be ooglegay.
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Google BSD
Made by Google, this Google has a little devil in the O of Google. Great for those who can’t get enough of the
Free BSD Project. -
Google: Linux
A Google made for Linux, this version has a penguin in the word Google.
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Google Easter
A fun little version that was made by Google, this includes a little flash game where you have to moveyour mouse around to help the bunny catch the eggs in order to spell “Google”. I never did get the E…
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Blackle
This neat version of Google is created by a company called Heap Media.
Google is made black in this version in order to conserve battery power and energy.
The company likes to remind people that we should take small steps in our
everyday lives to save energy.
Search Tip
You can type any of these into regular Google and press “I’m Feeling Lucky” to
enter the site.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Blackle only saves energy on CRT monitors, NOT LCDS (…so it is unlikely that one will save any battery power).
In order to make black, LCDs have to activate all the subpixels to block the backlight. Thus more energy consumption.
Spread the word…because I’m sick of seeing this myth.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
okay, thanks for the info.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
wow i never knew there are that much unique google search, kool info man =D
August 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
There are around 17 different versions of “black google” online. The best one I’ve found is http://www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to http://www.cleanblack.com/theme/
October 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
There is also a http://www.gizoogle.com. it’s a “gangta google” it translates what you type in to “gangsta”
November 14th, 2008 at 9:42 am
there is also greenle which i sthe best one
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
there is also a redle
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
wow you guys have no life
April 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am
google used to do their own black one on earth day and gave up because they say it doesnt save energy any more. Googoth has been under maintenance for nearly a year now , there is another one for goths though if you type gothengine and click i’m felling lucky.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
There’s also Google Pirate. http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-pirate
May 15th, 2009 at 8:54 am
google should make a version for the Spencer Tigers
July 4th, 2009 at 5:08 am
I think you forgot kool search.It’s what people are crazy about right now.It offers different styles that you can choose.Currently it has got Batman style,Harry Potter,Shrek,Scooby and the Lord of the Rings.It also has the default google style.The address is http://www.koolsearch.50webs.com
September 17th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
check out http://www.givoogle.com
October 8th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
You can see them all in this slideshow:
http://experiments.enos.biz/google_slideshow.html
November 6th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
You can also go to leet google, just type in \”google leet\” and then press Im feeling lucky and it\’ll direct you.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:00 am
What a cool article.
Well done mate.
Another cool site I recently came across is the Facebook Status Generator. Its the website of the best book I have read this year!
http://www.theisbook.com/status-generator/
Check it out!