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Topeka – The New Search Engine

April 1st, 2010 · 18 Comments · Commentary

If you found a surprise in your search results today it’s because Google turned the table on Topeka.

Other companies pulled spoofs of their own,

April Fools Day.com adds to their list, (7 years of spoofing),

and Google Blogspot explains.

Nice job!

18 responses so far ↓

  • 1 DJ Toon TK // Apr 1, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    Touché, Google.

  • 2 Beth from Seattle // Apr 1, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Here’s a poem to represent my sentiments about this April Foogle, I mean Google!
    I’m just saying….I’ll be glad when Google stops “googling around” and Topeka goes back to where it was found!

    How can you live in Kansas
    and expect anything to change?
    How can you seek new answers
    When you ride the endless plain?
    I’d sit astride my pinto nag
    to survey my sprawling acres,
    My back would slope, my knees would sag,
    I’d have no truck with “fakers.”
    I’d breathe fresh air and boldly dare
    To rule my sprawling range,
    How can you live in Kansas
    And expect anything to change?
    ~James Kavanaugh

  • 3 martha a rooney // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    LOL!

  • 4 Graham // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Great april fools joke. lol.

  • 5 thomas // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    nice april fools

  • 6 Dorothy Porter // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    April Fools keep Google’s name where it belongs.

  • 7 TheInformer // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    No… Topeka, in Kansas, renamed itself Google, so Google returned the honor

  • 8 Keith // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    Any corporation the size of Google, er, Topeka that can have a little fun once in a while and even make fun of itself has to be one super company. Nice Job, Topeka!

  • 9 Mary // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    Great switch! You guys are always such fun!

  • 10 TC // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    Awesome April Fool’s Day Joke and great publicity for Kansas! Maybe now we can be known for something other than the the American Classic “Wizard of Oz”. As a fellow Topekan, it has been quite fun being known as Google, KS and it is quite a clever turning of the tables by Googgle as us “Topekans liked seeing our city’s name when we googled today!

  • 11 cy50cel // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Topeka!?….., it just doesn’t have it. Now, Da Bronx, that’s class.

  • 12 why?? // Apr 1, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    why would google do that its so dumb…its prolly just because its aprils fools day so

  • 13 Ian Car // Apr 1, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    I was born and raised in Topeka as were four generations of my ancestors. We wouldn’t change our cities name, which, by the way, means “little balls of fuzzy stuff” in a local Indian dialect, unless there was a considerable amount of money involved. We are proud of our heritage and would hold out for a respectable price.

  • 14 emilyteed // Apr 1, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    ha nice try, april fools google :P

  • 15 Gayle Wolf // Apr 1, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    ok – it took me all day to “GET” it! But I finally did.

    Good joke! :)

  • 16 lorp // Apr 1, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    what a funny joke ! lol

  • 17 lewis // Apr 1, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    wow that had me going for a good 5 minutes. for a split second i thought something took over my browser but alas its April fools. well done Google.

  • 18 karaleigh // Apr 1, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    Happy April Fool’s Day!

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