Associated Press | For at least one day, Topeka is one of the
most popular Web sites in the world.
It’s all part of an April Fools’
Day prank by Google, which for one day has changed its name to “Topeka.”
The Internet search engine says its new name is a response to Topeka’s
decision to change its name to “Google, Kan.” for the month of March.
Topeka jokingly changed its name as part of a campaign to convince
Google to choose the Kansas capital as a test site for a much faster
experimental fiber-optic network.
In an online blog posted Thursday at google.com, Google jokingly
implies that the name change is permanent, and offers tips on how to
“topeka” someone during a search.
It takes all the fun out of a joke when someone shows it to you.
google should sooooooooo get over itself. Their “cuteness” is sickening.
Too funny!!! I’m glad someone has a sense of humor. We need it these days.
It’s Daley’s fault. Google was supposed to be named Chicago today, but Daley didn’t pay up.
Google considered building their high-speed, fiber optic network in Chicago, but decided against it.
They were afraid Mayor Daley would sell it, then jack up the price of Internet access.
SHOULD BE TOPEWKA?
Topeka?
Ridiculous.
E L G O O G, of course!
Someone thought out of the box on this one! Why doesn’t anyone in Illinois get creative? Somehow though, to “Topeka” someone just doesn’t have the same ring to it.