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== Result 1 of about 3,320,000 results (0.12 seconds) ==
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The search engine with the greatest user share by a large margin. Also the company that creates/maintains it and a wide variety of other products, including things like translators, [[YouTube (Website)|YouTube]], the interactive map GoogleEarth, the web browser Google Chrome, the social networking hub Google+, and [[The Advertisement Server]]. [http://www.google.com Find it here.] This site's search engine is also run by Google.
The search engine with the greatest user share by a large margin. Also the company that creates/maintains it and a wide variety of other products, including things like translators, [[YouTube]], the interactive map GoogleEarth, the web browser Google Chrome, the social networking hub Google+, and [[The Advertisement Server]]. [http://www.google.com Find it here.] This site's search engine is also run by Google.


[http://www.cracked.com/article_18540_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-google.html They also] [[Big Brother Is Watching|store everything personal about you]] [[Paranoia Fuel|and are three clicks from]] [[Evil Overlord|taking over the world]] by looking at the government's top secret information and controlling their access to it. [[Paranoia Gambit|Though that might just be paranoia typing.]]
[http://www.cracked.com/article_18540_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-google.html They also] [[Big Brother Is Watching|store everything personal about you]] [[Paranoia Fuel|and are three clicks from]] [[Evil Overlord|taking over the world]] by looking at the government's top secret information and controlling their access to it. [[Paranoia Gambit|Though that might just be paranoia typing.]]
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=== Tropes that fit Google include: ===
=== Tropes that fit Google include: ===
* [[A God Am I]]: According to The Church of Google.
* [[A God Am I]]: According to The Church of Google.
* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: Admit it, you've typed a weird query at one time that could easily be one.
* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: Admit it, you've typed a weird query at one time that could easily be one.
* [[April Fools' Day]]: Google has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes an entire page] on [[The Other Wiki]] for their annual jokes.
* [[April Fools' Day]]: Google has [[wikipedia:Googlechr(27)s hoaxes|an entire page]] on [[The Other Wiki]] for their annual jokes.
* [[Banned in China]]: If [[Real Life]] is a fiction, this would have been a [[Deconstruction]]: For a time, Google caved in to China's demand to censor itself to avoid being banned. Then later, amid suspicions that the Chinese Government was trying to spy on GMail users, they apparently decided it wasn't worth it and left the country.
* [[Banned in China]]: If [[Real Life]] is a fiction, this would have been a [[Deconstruction]]: For a time, Google caved in to China's demand to censor itself to avoid being banned. Then later, amid suspicions that the Chinese Government was trying to spy on GMail users, they apparently decided it wasn't worth it and left the country.
* [[Built With Lego]]: Google built its first server racks out of [[LEGO]].
* [[Built With Lego]]: Google built its first server racks out of [[LEGO]].
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: Most of their stuff on Google Translate.
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: Most of their stuff on Google Translate.
* [[The Cameo]]: Google itself appears in ''[[Hitch]]'' and during the [[Time Compression Montage]] in ''[[The Muppets (Film)|The Muppets]]''. Additionally, Google Earth is featured in ''[[Crank (Film)|Crank]]'', as well as a map in later seasons of both ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' and ''[[Cash Cab]]''.
* [[The Cameo]]: Google itself appears in ''[[Hitch]]'' and during the [[Time Compression Montage]] in ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]''. Additionally, Google Earth is featured in ''[[Crank]]'', as well as a map in later seasons of both ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' and ''[[Cash Cab]]''.
* [[Logo Joke|Logo]] [[Couch Gag|Gag]]: For certain holidays, anniversaries, and other events, a special version of the Google logo (known as a "Google Doodle") will be created to commemorate a given event, usually outsourced to a specific artist. A list of the Doodle variants used to date can be found [http://www.google.com/logos/ here].
* [[Logo Joke|Logo]] [[Couch Gag|Gag]]: For certain holidays, anniversaries, and other events, a special version of the Google logo (known as a "Google Doodle") will be created to commemorate a given event, usually outsourced to a specific artist. A list of the Doodle variants used to date can be found [http://www.google.com/logos/ here].
** For [[Pac-Man]]'s 30th birthday, the Google logo changed to a playable level of Pac-Man, ''and'' it remains playable [http://www.google.com/pacman here.]
** For [[Pac-Man]]'s 30th birthday, the Google logo changed to a playable level of Pac-Man, ''and'' it remains playable [http://www.google.com/pacman here.]
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** Since Google's search bar automatically kicks you into search results now, the now useless "I'm Feeling Lucky" button redirects to their logos.
** Since Google's search bar automatically kicks you into search results now, the now useless "I'm Feeling Lucky" button redirects to their logos.
*** Only if that feature is on, though. If you have it off, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button will work as usual.
*** Only if that feature is on, though. If you have it off, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button will work as usual.
* [[Do a Barrel Roll]]: No, seriously. Try searching [[Star Fox 64 (Video Game)|"do a barrel roll" or "Z or R twice"]] on the Google homepage. Go on - we'll still be here when you've finally pulled your [[Jaw Drop|jaw off the floor]].
* [[Do a Barrel Roll]]: No, seriously. Try searching [[Star Fox 64|"do a barrel roll" or "Z or R twice"]] on the Google homepage. Go on - we'll still be here when you've finally pulled your [[Jaw Drop|jaw off the floor]].
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google as computer science grad students at Stanford.
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google as computer science grad students at Stanford.
* [[Excited Show Title]]: Just look at [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPmnL0X-xrA/Tgkrgpq_KRI/AAAAAAAAINM/jWo9iD0LQxQ/s1600/1sGJIpVMfe8hkDJxR9DUpGiMisH3FU0k.jpeg what it looked like in 1997].
* [[Excited Show Title]]: Just look at [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPmnL0X-xrA/Tgkrgpq_KRI/AAAAAAAAINM/jWo9iD0LQxQ/s1600/1sGJIpVMfe8hkDJxR9DUpGiMisH3FU0k.jpeg what it looked like in 1997].
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* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]: The default search page.
* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]: The default search page.
* [[Muppet Cameo]]: For Jim Henson's 75th birthday they had a special Muppet logo- you could make them eat each other.
* [[Muppet Cameo]]: For Jim Henson's 75th birthday they had a special Muppet logo- you could make them eat each other.
** Inverted in ''[[The Muppets (Film)|The Muppets]]'' where Google makes a cameo as Scooter's place of employment during the [[Time Compression Montage]].
** Inverted in ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]'' where Google makes a cameo as Scooter's place of employment during the [[Time Compression Montage]].
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Common on Google's translations, especially for Asian languages, as mentioned below.
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Common on Google's translations, especially for Asian languages, as mentioned below.
* [[NGO Superpower]]/[[Mega Corp]]: One of the biggest examples over the Internet, it even went toe to toe with China (verbally) and tied.
* [[NGO Superpower]]/[[Mega Corp]]: One of the biggest examples over the Internet, it even went toe to toe with China (verbally) and tied.
* [[Retreaux]]: For [[April Fools' Day]] in 2012, Google Maps was ''entirely'' redone in the style of the NES [[Dragon Quest]] games.
* [[Retreaux]]: For [[April Fools' Day]] in 2012, Google Maps was ''entirely'' redone in the style of the NES [[Dragon Quest]] games.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: [http://elgoog.im/ Elgoog.moc] osla desu ni anihC ot teg dnuora eht nab.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: [http://elgoog.im/ Elgoog.moc] osla desu ni anihC ot teg dnuora eht nab.
* [[Shout Out]]: The "crashed tab" page in Google Chrome looks a lot like the old "Sad Mac" icon in old [[Apple Macintosh|Macs]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: The "crashed tab" page in Google Chrome looks a lot like the old "Sad Mac" icon in old [[Apple Macintosh|Macs]].
** Also, it says [[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|"He's dead, Jim"]].
** Also, it says [[Star Trek: The Original Series|"He's dead, Jim"]].
** Google Doodles as a whole are this.
** Google Doodles as a whole are this.
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Google Translate whenever it touches Latin. Similarly, Japanese and most other Asian languages.
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Google Translate whenever it touches Latin. Similarly, Japanese and most other Asian languages.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: No, seriously. Try searching [[Starcraft (Video Game)|"zerg rush"]] on the Google homepage. Go on - we'll still be here when you've finally pulled your [[Jaw Drop|jaw off the floor]].
* [[Zerg Rush]]: No, seriously. Try searching [[Starcraft|"zerg rush"]] on the Google homepage. Go on - we'll still be here when you've finally pulled your [[Jaw Drop|jaw off the floor]].
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The search engine with the greatest user share by a large margin. Also the company that creates/maintains it and a wide variety of other products, including things like translators, YouTube, the interactive map GoogleEarth, the web browser Google Chrome, the social networking hub Google+, and The Advertisement Server. Find it here. This site's search engine is also run by Google.

They also store everything personal about you and are three clicks from taking over the world by looking at the government's top secret information and controlling their access to it. Though that might just be paranoia typing.

Not to be confused with a googol, which is equal to 10100.[1]

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  1. ↑ That number is 1e100 in exponential notation, and the reverse DNS lookup for www.google.com shows that it lives on the 1e100.net network.
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