20 Oct '12, 11pm

Google's Do a Barrel Roll - Take Gravol

If you have vertigo, be careful with this one: Google’s latest easter egg search result comes in the form of a nifty, spin-tastic search results page for the query do a barrel roll . When you do that search, Google listens and make the search results page do a barrel roll. Here’s a video that we’ve posted on YouTube : If you’re wondering “why?,” well … we were, too. Here’s the official word from a Google spokesperson: Today’s fun query, ‘do a barrel roll’, was created by a Google software engineer with the primary goal of entertaining users — while showcasing the power of CSS3, a presentation feature of modern browsers. The ‘do a barrel roll’ query, which causes the search page to spin, will remain in place for a while. This is the latest of several Google search easter eggs. You can search for “tilt” or “askew” and see another one. Google’s ASCII art logo is still availab...

Full article: http://searchengineland.com/google-do-a-barrel-roll-99933

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