Happy Halloween….Google Style!!!

In the search giant’s true form, Google has, once again, changed it’s Home Search Page to mark the celebration of a holiday or event.  But, this time they seem to have really outdone themselves and the rumors are flying all over the internet regarding their new search page celebrating Halloween. Shown below, when you first go to a Google search you will be given the Google banner, a blank search bar, and nothing else except the phrase “This space intentionally left blank”.  Why?  Who knows.  Google claims that they are testing a new search home in which the 28 word Google standard page is replaced with one that is even more plain.

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But hang on as this gets even better.  Simply by moving the mouse, the normal Google Home Page will appear with a little Halloween kick to it.

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By clicking on the Google banner, the word Google will change, with all of the letters being made of various kinds of candy, pretty Google-like.

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Click the banner again and the word Google will simply change to a pile of unopened candy, that is just that, a pile.  No wording.

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Click on it yet again, and the pile of candy will transform into the same pile of candy, except this time all of the candy is opened and has been eaten.  I got a stomach ache by just doing that.

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And lastly, with another click on the eaten pile of candy, will present you with a Google search result for “Halloween 2009”.

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All in all this is a pretty fun, if not somewhat bizzare, home page for Google. But, being that it is Halloween after all, it is nothing short of what I have come to expect from the search giant.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

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