Thursday, April 1, 2010

Google changes name to Topeka for April Fool's Day

Posted by Justin Kendall on Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:45 AM

If you went to Google this morning, you may have missed this.

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The name change came just after 1 a.m. I'm guessing this means the people at Google Topeka were impressed with city officials changing the city's name to Google (here's the proclamation). It was all about becoming a test site for Google's, er, Topeka's faster Internet connections. Or not.

A blog

post on the search engine formerly known as Google says:

Finally, we want to be clear that this initiative is a

one-shot deal that will have no bearing on which municipalities are

chosen to participate in our experimental ultra-high-speed broadband

project, to which Google, Kansas has been just one of many communities

to apply.

For Topeka's sake, let's hope it's not just a joke.

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wonder what Google has in store for this April Fools?

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Posted by Kevin Pike on 02/14/2011 at 2:16 PM

fyi, that WAS a joke you can google it yourself

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Posted by chickenhead on 04/02/2010 at 9:07 AM
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