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Remember the Google easter egg for searching for do a barrel roll?
Well, it still works. The whole Google search results page will do a barrel roll right in front of you.
The issue is, if you search for just [do a] in Google with Google Instant on, it will show you the search results for [do a barrel roll] and just spin the screen before you can complete your query.
So if you meant to search for [do a hop skip and a jump], good luck because before you know it, the search results will take an unexpected turn.
Here is a video of me replicating the intended issue:
Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.
Image credit to BigStockPhoto for colorful barrels
Comments:
SEO Consult
02/26/2013 01:30 pm
The same happens for "askew". You get to all but the last letter and it will pop up in the suggested searches and it will "askew" the page. Interesting find! I imagine this will happen for the various numbers of these special searches that are implemented.
Emma North
02/26/2013 02:54 pm
"Askew" is the same as "tilt". I also like the searches for "anagram" and "define anagram", which ask you "Did you mean nag a ram?" and "Did you mean nerd fame again?" This Wikipedia page lists some others too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google's_hoaxes_and_easter_eggs
Jawad Latif
02/28/2013 11:28 am
Nothing happened with [do a hop skip and a jump]
Hans Brost
03/15/2013 02:08 pm
I know....millions of people are always searching for things that start out with 'do a '....it's a CRITICAL ISSUE.............z
ML
03/18/2013 02:59 pm
It just happened to me a few mins ago! I searched "do as" and the whole page rotated! Really panicked for some time since i thought it was surely a virus *gasp!* ..haha
Ray
03/27/2013 01:55 am
Really, you're gonna bitch about this? Perhaps Bing or Jeeves is the search engine for you as you obviously have no sense of humor, or of parsing your search for the best results. Shameful blogger you are, we should get you a typewriter so these "annoyances" won't happen to you ever again. Damn, I thought I'd heard every possible complaint...
duh
03/29/2013 02:15 am
First world problem.
Anoma_dotNET
04/01/2013 09:51 am
....aaaaand there's my new prank. Type askew on someone's computer, then delete the word 'askew' and the search results will disappear but the screen will stay like that.
You Are an Idiot
04/12/2013 02:09 pm
What a nightmare, the effect lasts less than a second. Just enough time for you to barely notice as you haphazardly misspell whatever you are trying to type. Furthermore the "do a" problem only arises if you get three letters into your search and forget what you are looking for. If you are taking that long to type out your search I don't think the time it takes to watch google roll will slow you down anymore than you are already going. Also you are a twat with no valid ideas for an article, even for the internet you suck
Grandma
04/12/2013 08:05 pm
Haha I think the "do a barrel roll" thing is EPIC :D
DaNeatra
04/14/2013 12:17 am
Heres a straw. SUCK IT UP.
Forgetfull John
04/14/2013 02:09 am
I left the toaster on.
$23458317
04/18/2013 07:55 pm
That's nice. Now go vote for Obama a few more times.
Sally Hull
04/19/2013 02:08 pm
I think this is fantastic!! I was so upset by all the current atrocities that are happening surrounding the Boston bombings and asked all my Facebook friends to take today to find something positive to post...something to make us all smile for a moment. As I went to Google to type in "Do a good deed"...all of a sudden my screen did the barrel roll ~ it made me laugh!!! If you can't wait maybe 5 seconds (tops) for it to happen to get back to your search, you need to re-evaluate and find your inner child once again....can't we all use a little "barrel roll" right now?!?
Austin Jaross
04/22/2013 02:45 am
Google be trollin
jay
04/26/2013 08:58 am
oh nooooo!
Sophie O'Dwyer
04/28/2013 04:06 pm
BOOOOOOOOOM! Barrel roll IN YO FACE!! Wait. PewDiePie does not approve.
Graecus Romanus
04/30/2013 08:58 pm
you are a complete IDIOT!!!!!!!
Seth Skinner
05/07/2013 03:20 am
So, I don't exactly see an issue here... Just continue typing.
YOUDP
05/07/2013 07:31 pm
ITS ANNOYING!!!