History Website / Google

* Slogans:

** "Don't be evil".

* Slogans: "Don't be evil". Or for Alphabet, Google's new parent company, "Do the right thing".

* Slogan: "Don't be evil". Or for Alphabet, Google's new parent company, "Do the right thing".

** For VideoGame/{{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.]]

* SelfDeprecation: You can start typing "why google s" and one of the term suggestions is "Why Google sucks". If you type "google is", two of the suggestions will be "Google is evil" and "Google is making us stupid". Typing "I hate g" will instantly show you "I hate Google". And so on.

* SignificantAnagram: Search for "anagram" and it will ask if you meant "Nag a ram".

* TalkLikeAPirate: [[http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-pirate One of the languages]] that can be set via search settings. [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything It gives you the option to switch back to English if you don't want it to be the default language]].

* UnwinnableJokeGame: Type "ZergRush" and you'll get to play a game where you must defend your search results against a bunch of O's. There are too many of them, and they'll eventually defeat you. [[spoiler:[[MemeticMutation gg]]]]
* {{Usenet}}: [[http://groups.google.com/ Google Groups]] hosts archives of discussion-oriented newsgroups going back to 1981.

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** The ''SesameStreet'' Muppets had a week of doodles in 2008 as part of the series' 40th anniversary.

The search engine with the greatest user share, by a large margin. The company that creates/maintains it also works on a wide variety of other products, including things like translators, the webmail provider Gmail, the interactive map [=GoogleEarth=], the web browser Google Chrome (and an operating system of the same name), Android, the social networking hub Website/GooglePlus, TheAdvertisementServer, and one of their most successful products, Website/YouTube. [[http://www.google.com Find it here.]] It also has a mirror site called [[http://www.kidrex.org/ KidRex]], a {{bowdlerise}}d version of Google for kids. The only difference is that [=KidRex=] blacklists inappropriate sites. Wiki/TVTropes' search engine is also run by Google.

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[[caption-width-right:344: Enjoy these logos, because [[LogoGag you'll rarely ever see it on the actual site]]. [[note]]1st image: old Google logo (2013-2015), 2nd image: new Google logo (2015-present)]]

[[caption-width-right:344: Enjoy that logo, because [[LogoGag you'll rarely ever see it on the actual site]].]]

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The company is made of this trope internally, from [[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57534183-93/google-tries-wowing-the-world-with-a-look-at-its-data-centers/ pipes and cables]] in data centers to [[http://www.gourmet.com/food/gourmetlive/2012/030712/inside-googles-kitchens healthy and unhealthy snacks]] in office kitchens.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: It's amazing what you can do in the search bar. Regarding the safe-for-kids Kidrex mirror site, if you try to search for something inappropriate (e.g. porn), it'll give you an image saying "Oops! Try again!" in place of where the results would be.

* CouchGag / LogoJoke: 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. An archive of the Doodle variants used to date can be found [[http://www.google.com/doodles here]].

* CouchGag / LogoJoke: 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/doodles here]].

* CouchGag: 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]].

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: It's amazing what you can do in the search bar.
** Regarding the safe-for-kids Kidrex mirror site, if you try to search for something inappropriate (e.g. porn), it'll give you an image saying "Oops! Try again!" in place of where the results would be.
* CouchGag / LogoJoke: 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]].

* [[LogoJoke Logo]] [[CouchGag 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]].

* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Some of their Google Doodles, such as [[http://www.google.com/doodles?q=beijing+olympic+games the ones for the Beijing Olympics]].

* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Some of their Google Doodles, such as [[http://www.google.com/doodles/2008-beijing-olympic-games-opening-ceremony the ones for the Beijing Olympics]].
** There was also their [[http://www.google.com/doodles/happy-holidays-from-google-2006-2 Christmas 2006]] series with kangaroos.

* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Some of their Google Doodles, such as [[http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2008/China the ones for the Beijing Olympics]].
** There was also their [[http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2006/All%20doodles Christmas 2006]] series with kangaroos.

* ShoutOut: The "crashed tab" page in Google Chrome looks a lot like the "Sad Mac" icon in old {{Apple Macintosh}}es.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Searching "recursion" will net you a "Did you mean''' ''recursion'' '''?" link at the top. And if you lick on that...

* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Some of their Google Doodles, such as [[http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2008/All%20doodles the ones for the Beijing Olympics]].

* BannedInChina: If RealLife were fiction, this would be a {{deconstruction}}: For a time, Google caved in to China's demand for censorship to avoid being banned. Then later, amid suspicions that the Chinese Government was trying to spy on Gmail users, [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings they apparently decided it wasn't worth it and left the country entirely.]]