21 fun google tricks you’ll want to try immediately

Searching for information on the internet can get pretty boring, so why not make it a little more entertaining with these Google tricks? You can play games, make your search page spin, defy gravity, and so much more.

Google ‘anagram’ and the search engine will suggest ‘nag a ram.’ Very cute.

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On the top of your Google homepage, hit the nine squares at the top and go to My Account. Scroll to the bottom to find Language under Data and Personalisation. You can change your language to fun ways of speaking like Muppets (Bork, bork, bork!), Elmer Fudd (Ewmew Fudd), Klingon, and pirate. For instance, with that last one, you’ll find ‘moorr’ instead of ‘more.’

Google Gravity shatters the search engine into pieces that you can drag and bounce around your screen.

Google celebrated the 30th anniversary of the beloved classic PAC-MAN in May 2010 with a fun in-browser version of the game. Now it uses its homepage for fun Google tricks when celebrating other famous birthdays and holidays, too.

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If a search result contains personal information or raises a legal issue, you can request to remove a page from your or another site.

Reverse image technology is allowing Google to assist child protection agencies in clearing the Web of child pornography. How it works: Google indexes problematic images and finds any copies online, making it easy for Internet providers to cut them down.

Type in ‘answer to life, the universe, and everything,’ and Google has a pretty clear answer: 42. The search results are a nod to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which claims the number is, in fact, the answer to life. If it knows the meaning of life, then it definitely knows a lot more.

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Google has hundreds of billions of web pages in its index (though some estimate it’s even more), so it probably can’t take loneliness very well. Type in ‘the loneliest number’ in the search box and some fun Google tricks show you a calculated number – the same one you’ll get if you type “number of horns on a unicorn.”

Thought ‘once in a blue moon’ was just a vague expression? Not according to Google. Search that phrase and you’ll get a very specific frequency: 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz. It’s a play off the fact that blue moons happen every 2.71 years.