40+ Times A Simple Google Search Typo Turned Into The Most Hilarious Accidental Discoveries
A simple typo can introduce you to something wonderful, hilarious, or horrifying, and there's no way to know ahead of time just how intense the results will be.
In Menlo Park, California, USA, on September 4, 1998, Google was founded. The American multinational company specializes in Internet-related products and services, offering a seemingly never-ending array of possibilities.
Today, Google owns YouTube, Fitbit, AdMob, Tenor, and more. By 2016, they had moved heavily into hardware, with the Google Pixel being purchased more than 7.2 million times in 2020. They are expected to continuously surpass those numbers, making the Pixel phone a top Android contender.
Regardless of their longstanding accomplishments, Google is, of course, most notably known for its search engine. Google's search engine competitors include DuckDuckGo and Bing.
Making a search on Google can be done very haphazardly or with specific tools. Whether you're looking for a broad stroke of results or something very specific, you can use Google to suit your needs and desires. However, because of the diverse capabilities of Google's search engine, there's a huge potential for the slightest mistakes to result in the most astounding search results.
If you mix up a word or experience the all-too-easy typo, your search results could be simultaneously unexpected and hilarious. In fact, it happens all the time, and people are usually so stunned and amused by their unexpected search results that they share them with the Internet.
1. A total babe
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4. This has such ominous vibes
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5. This is a gift from the Internet
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Google may have some competition, but it is still definitively the most used search engine in the world. Some studies have suggested that the number of web pages in Google's index is somewhere between 30 and 50 billion!
The Internet is massive, housing trillions of websites, and Google is systematically indexing all of it. Not only that, but Google's artificial intelligence technology is mind-blowing.
6. Meowgical
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7. I am at a total loss for words now
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8. The abundance of creativity involved in these search results is astounding
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9. Actually, these search results seem like a blessing compared to how this could have gone.
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10. Actually, I'm not mad about this one.
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Every single moment of Google's existence, 2.4 million searches occur. This accumulates to 3.5 billion searches per day, which adds up to over 1.2 trillion searches per year.
The sheer magnitude isn't all that's interesting about Google's search engine function and statistics. For example, did you know that 76% of all global searches take place on Google?
Or how about the fact that more than 60% of Google searches occur on a mobile device and that as many as 20% of Google search results every year are new? Coming in second to Google (Bing) means dominating a mere 2.7% of the search engine statistics.
11. The advocate we need
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12. Why do people create these things?
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13. No one could have anticipated these shenanigans
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14. You'll never look at your lamb chops the same after a mistake like this
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15. This is quite frankly the worst.
For most of the world, Google operates completely uncensored. There are only a few countries that ban or censor Google, including North Korea, Sudan, Crimea, Cuba, Syria, and Iran.
16. Disappointment cannot be detected
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17. Amazing
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18. Definitely not disappointing
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19. Mooooooooon Power Make Up
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20. So these are the hipster vibes that were missing from GoT
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Google's ad revenue alone amassed $183 billion in 2020, and over 80% of that came from Google's own ad business. One can only imagine how much these numbers will continue to grow as time goes on, especially since there is no indication that Google is slowing down any time soon, if ever.
21. Ridiculous, absurd, adorable.
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22. I can vibe with this because I love cats so much
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23. Actually, this is fantastic
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24. Nothing wrong here
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25. Oh no
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Another interesting finding from research about how Google is used is that, as time goes on, people are increasingly inclined to type into the Google search bar in their natural way of speaking. They are also more likely to use the voice option to perform a Google search than ever before.
26. I'm sure this is surprisingly relatable to lots of folks
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27. C A R O L
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28. Old But Gold
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29. Let's make it happen
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30. Oh Lawd He Comin'
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In 1990, the first-ever search engine was called Archie. Archie was "a simple FTP site with a downloadable directory of listings." Today, there is an entire industry called Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.
Because of Google's power over advertising and the entire Internet, many businesses have been investing in local SEO to optimize their potential via Google.
31. Corgis are a blessing
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32. We need more of whatever this is.
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33. Purebred Doge
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34. Ribbit
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35. Well, this is adorable
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36. I don't know if I hate it or love it
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37. Excellent
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38. Emo cow
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39. Yes, this.
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40. Actually, it's amazing.
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41. Fantastic as heck
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42. This is what my nightmares are made of
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43. This has REAL cat energy
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Knowing that there's no sign of Google slowing down and that the future of technology, the Internet, and search engines is vast and potentially exponential, there's really no reason not to occasionally sit down and have a good chuckle at how things can simply and harmlessly go wrong. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made on Google?