elgooG
| elgooG | |
|---|---|
 | |
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Screenshot  elgooG homepage | |
| Web address |
com |
Type of site | Web search engine |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | |
| Launched | April 1, 2015[1] |
| Current status |
Redirects to google |
elgooG (Google spelled backwards) was a mirrored website of Google Search with horizontally flipped search results, which was made available at http://com.google by Google Inc. on April 1, 2015.[1] An unofficial elgooG website was originally created by All Too Flat “for fun”, which started to gain popularity in 2002.[2] All Too Flat's elgooG site found practical use in the People's Republic of China after the domestic banning of Google, circumventing the Great Firewall.[3] A whois request shows that the domain elgoog.com was registered to Google Inc. since 2000, but it is currently for sale.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "com.google announcement". Google+. Google Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "Google Mirror FAQ". All Too Flat. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Knight, Will (2002-09-06). "Google mirror beats Great Firewall of China". New Scientist. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ↑ "Whois Record for elgoog.com". DomainTools. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
External links
- elgooG operated by Google Inc on April 1, 2015 as an April Fools Day joke
- Google Mirror - I'm elgooG - an unofficial elgooG website