"Zerg Rush" Google Easter egg game

The Really superb latest easter egg of the google is "Zerg Rush". This easter egg is like a real time strategyvideo game where alines called as Zerg's are fought for the amount of time like a starcraft. 



A google Search for the term "Zerg Rush" in the search box makes the show to start, A bunch of yellow and red zeros with the font design of Google logo  starts spreading themselves on the search results page and destroy those same results.The Yellow and red zero circles can be clicked on them to destroy those circles to obtain points and while in that process one can notice the little Os are now running around the screen attacking and destroying every search result – The life bars depleting in true RTS style is also seen at the same moment.


The term Zerg is a Alien in of the starcraft series of videogames and the term "zerg rush" is one  of the known term in real time strategy game circles. It's used to describe a situation when any player tries to overwhelm his opponent with a mass of units during a multiplayer match.






Google stores the score for each "round" of play along with the "APM" (actions per minute) number, which is the number of times you click on the mouse to defeat those red and yellow foes. In the end, the circles then form two big "G" letters on the screen. The final result can be shared in one's google Plus account.


A more detailed list of different google easter eggs are listed here.

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Searching Google From SMS through Mobile phones

For those people who want to search Google through their phones which isn't web enabled or for finding information through SMS itself can be done with Google SMS service. The service is already there from many years and is offered for free of charge for the users, The SMS charges applicable for sending SMS to the number is applicable and google doesn't charge people for sending the reply messages back.

The service now is present in many countries of the world while the service number for it being common mostly for many countries while it being of different numbers also exist in some countries like India, china, UK etc.. The service can be used for finding out nearest restaurants, pizza huts, train schedules, currency conversions, weather of the place and weather forecast, movie timings, stock quotes, cricket scores etc...

Sending the SMS with the search term to Google will get a reply from Google with search results while the reply SMS could vary from 1 to 6 SMS depending on the search query been done.


For USA and most of the countries(includes European countries also) --->

SMS <Your search term> to 466453 (GOOGLE)

For India --->

SMS <Your search term> to 9773300000

For China --->

SMS <Your search term> to 1069999333

For European Countries --->

SMS <Your search term> to 17605370537


A SMS query for currency conversion of 1 USD to INR gets this result  gets the following result.





Similarly a SMS query for Bangalore weather gets the following result.





Google Mobile website has more details on this regard while a demo search to find out how the SMS result replies will be there can be found here.

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Adsense now displaying other AdNetwork Ads

Recently i noticed that Adsense is displaying Ads of other Ad networks for those sites which have a decent amount of traffic. The Adsense ads are competed with ads of other Ad networks and finally the highest paying Adnetwork's Ads are displayed in the Ad space and in general most of the times Adsense is the highest paying Ad network so Adsense Ads are displayed most of the times.

The other adnetworks Ad display with impressions, clicks, earnings data can be checked out by checking full reports in the adsense login page then the Adnetwork link present in the left sidebar.





here is the report of my last week earnings having data of impressions,clicks and earnings displayed in adsense reports which basically has Adsense based Ads earnings highly than the other types





The system might be running from a long time but i noticed it very much recently so sharing it here and finally the system is a welcome move because we publishers get a bit more of earnings from these things.

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Google's Doodle wishes Happy Holidays

Google's Doodle application which started wishing stuffs using special effects or interesting images right from 1998 is wishing Happy holidays now which can be seen in the google homepage instead on the normal google image.




This year happy holidays doodle which is just before christmas and New year contains images of Snowflake, Santa claus, Bell, Snowman, Candle and a Giftbox.

The Google's Doodles right from 1998 to till date which are released by them can be accessed in the googles doodle site here.

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Google discontinuing Lists in Google Bookmarks

Google has announced that the list options in the google bookmarks from december 19th of this month.




Here is the announcement note of the google-->

Goodbye, Lists: FAQ

 

What is Lists?

Lists is an English-only experimental feature of Google Bookmarks for sharing bookmarks and collaborating with friends. Lists is being discontinued on December 19th, 2011.

Why is Lists being discontinued?

Google is prioritizing our product efforts so we can make things much simpler for our users and devote more resources to high-impact products.

When is Lists being discontinued?

Lists will become read-only on December 12th and will be entirely discontinued on December 19th, 2011. During the read-only period, you'll be able to change the public/private status of lists you own, but you won't be able to create new lists or edit existing ones.

What happens to my Lists once the feature is discontinued?

• Lists that you own: All items will be saved as bookmarks with the label "MyBookmarkList". Comments will be saved along with each bookmark.
• All other lists (including those shared with you): You’ll no longer be able to access these lists. If you want to save items from these lists, you should bookmark them before December 19th, 2011.

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A Mega List of 70+ Google Search Easter Eggs

Easter eggs of Google has became a bit more famous these days after the release of some easter eggs like tilt, do a barrel roll etc.. than it was before.


Here is a small list of Easter eggs of google given below and with time passing the list would be updated with the help of both ourselves and our readers suggestions.

The Easter eggs of Google work in browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox 7+ versions and some of the easter eggs can be used from clicking on the "I'm feeling Lucky" button with the corresponding codes for their corresponding effects. For people who have instant search on it must be disabled to activate "I'm feeling Lucky" button and it can be done by Options – Search Settings and select “Do not use Google Instant” or use the normal search and just select the first answer Google will return.

1) Arithmetic(calculator) Easter eggs(6) --->

The Calculator accepts humourous units of measurements including the beard-second (5 nm), Potrzebie(2.2633mm), donkeypower (250.033167 watts), the prefix hella- (10^27), etc...

Also calculation of any numbers like 5*7896 or 98756*(765425/576943) etc.. in equation form when typed in search bar provides the exact answer for it.

• "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" gets 42 in result.
• "the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything" also gets 42.
• "the lonliest number" gets 1.
• "the number of horns on a unicorn" gets 1.
• "a bakers dozen" gets 13.
• "once in a blue moon" gets 1.16699016 × 10^-8 hertz

2) Google Search Easter eggs(22) ---->

• Searching for "tilt" or "askew" makes the page to tilt to its right a bit.
• "recursion" shows did u mean: recursion and allows the searcher to recursively search for recursion.
• "do a barrel roll" or "z or r twice" results in 360 degree rotation of the page. The same barrel rolling for this page of the site can also be done by clicking the link TipsNTweaks Barrel roll.
• "anagram" shows did u mean: nag a ram.
• "ascii art" and then check out the google logo in top left to the search bar.
• "let it snow" makes the page to simulate a snowfall and frost on the search results After a while, the search screen fogs up and the blue search button changes to Defrost, enabling the user to defrost the page clicking and rubbing it like a window. Interaction with the actual search screen is disabled until the Defrost button is pressed.Search screen will cease to fog up once the Defrost button is pressed.(the easter egg released before christmas is not working anymore)
• "hanukkah" when searched shows a row of stars like stars of david below the google search box.(the easter egg released before hanukkah is not working anymore)
• "kwanzaa" Searching Google for kwanzaa will show the image of 7 candles 7 times below the google search box.(the easter egg released before kwanzaa festival is not working anymore)
• "christmas" or "christmas lights" or "santa claus" or "12 days of christmas" or "father christmas" or "merry christmas" or "candy cane"(thanks to our reader boundrys for notifying this easter egg). A google search for any of these terms shows a row of christmas lights below the google search box.(the easter eggs released before christmas is not working anymore)
• "hexadecimal" search in google gives the hexadecimal code for the search below the search bar.
• "octal" google search for ocatal gives the result of value of ocatal in octal number system just below the search bar.
• "Binary" google search for Binary gives the equivalent value of binary in binary numbering system just below the google search bar.
• "searching for jason isaacs" on the google uk based version gives the result as "Hello to Jason Isaacs" which in turn is a reference to a kermode and mayo's film reviews as it greets jason isaacs with hello every week.
• "qingming festival" A google search for the term gives a view of small leaves of a tree's branches and chinese wish beneath it. the festival is celebrated as ancestors day by remembering their ancestors and performing some rituals which is short is called as qingming in chinese.
• "Zerg Rush" search of google gives an wonderfull playfull experience of gaming where the bubbles come out and erase the data on the search screen if it is not shot down and people can try shooting down as many bubbles as possible before the screen is filled with bubbles in shape of 2 G's like " G G" and the number of bubbles shot down at the end will present as points which can be posted to their accounts. A more detailed view of this new easter egg and its structure is explained here.

3) I'm feeling Lucky easter eggs(47) --->

There are many easter eggs in this category and it will be more fun for the user to try it unknowingly of what is the output of the search so the search results for these things aren't explained here.

• "google gravity" (still data can be searched in google after this)
• "google sphere"
• "google loco"
• "epic google" (after typing this, look for "Check out my little brother, Weenie Google" at the bottom of the screen)
• "find chuck norris"
• "google flight simulator"
• "let me google that for you"
• "google gothic"
• "google pacman"(a pacman game can be played from it)
• "google guitar"
• "google pirate"
• "google rainbow"
• "google reverse"
• "elgoog"
• "who is the cutest person in the world" or "Who is the cutest?"
• "google pig latin"
• "google blue" (can be done for other colors also and only google green gets to a renewable energy page rest has same effect with corresponding color difference as typed)
• "google pond" (also google painter gives the same effect of that an google pond instead of the painter one's which can also be seen in next easter egg's category with direct links given below)
• "goglogo"
• "google is god"
• "google is gold"
• "google 133t"
• "ewmew fudd"
• "google gangster"
• "google bork"
• "funny google" ( any names can be set)
• "xx-klingon"
• "xx-piglatin"
• "xx-hacker"
• "googles by kids"
• "psychic google"
• "2204355"
• "Annoying Google"
• "LOL Limewire"
• "google gulp" a search on this will get to google autodrink on line of smart drink to enhance surfing efficiency and which is one of the most famous google hoaxes(thanks to our reader plavanga for notifying us this old forgotten easter egg of google).
• "Blackle" search will get a custom black background google search engine which aims to save power by displaying in black(thanks to our reader rosy for notifying the blackle google easter egg)
• "Google Mentalplex"
• "Google Chart"
• "Google Pigeonrank"
• "Google Fool Animation"
• "Googlunaplex"
• "Google Virgle"
• "Google gDay"
• "Google Chrome 3D" ( A google chrome can be downloaded to browse things in 3D as per googles April fool joke of 2010)
• "Google Moon"
• "Google Tisp"
• "define an english person" ( Thanks to our reader Robert for notifying this trick) 

4) Some random easter eggs with direct links to access them(15) ---->

• google painter
• googlo
• The dark side
• The nongoogles
• All the birds try to avoid google
• googles by others
• beautiful signs
• the gloobal village
• google is good
• The trends
• google future
• google flash 
• google body (WebGL must be enabled in the browsers for both google body and google cow to be seen)
• google cow
• google romance

Update 21/1/2012: The total Number of Easter eggs in the article is 81 as of now from previous 70 and hoping for the best so that it reaches 100 atleast quickly.Kindly do notify any other easter eggs which you know and is not present in the list above.The Easter eggs of google released before Christmas, new year, hanukkah and kwanzaa occasions are not working now anymore.Still the images of those search results can be seen in our other easter egg post here.

Update 1/1/2012 : 14 more google search easter eggs have been added to take the list to 70 from 56 as of now, out of which around 9 were told in the other easter egg post and finally any more new easter eggs can be notified to us by commenting below and which will be added here ASAP.

Update 18/12/2011 : 3 more new Google search easter eggs realeased recently(the christmas gift) named "let it snow", "hanukkah", "kwanzaa" and "christmas or christmas lights or santa claus" are explained here.

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What to do when your Google Account is Hacked

It will be a headache if someone else takes control of your Google Account because all your Google services like Gmail, Orkut, Google Calendar, Blogger, AdSense, Google Docs, Picasa Web, Youtube Videos and even Google Checkout are tied to the same account.

Here are some options suggested by Google Support when you forget the Gmail password or if someone else takes ownership of your Google Account and changes the password:

1. Reset Your Google Account Password:

 a) Type the email address associated with your Google Account or Gmail user name at google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd - you will receive an email at your secondary email address with a link to reset your Google Account Password.
This will not work if the other person has changed your secondary email address or if you no longer have access to that address.

 b) you can get the reset code to your mobile as SMS if you had registered your mobile number with your google account. entering of the code you get to your mobile will reset the password easily 


 c) Answering the Security Questions which u had selected while creating the account properly can also do the job 


2. For Google Accounts Associated with Gmail, Orkut :

If you have problems while logging into your Gmail account, you can consider contacting Google by filling this form. It however requires you to remember the exact date when you created that Gmail account. And also submission of your orkut profile id and the email ID of some of the most contacted accounts from that account and the last date and time when u had successfully logged to your account.IF the Gmail had some labels in it then submitting of those Labels also help in this process.


3. For Hijacked Google Accounts Not Linked to Gmail:

If your Google Account doesn’t use a Gmail address, contact Google by filling this form. This approach may help bring back your Google Account if you religiously preserve all your old emails. You will be required to know the exact creation date of your Google Account plus a copy of that original “Google Email Verification” message.

It may be slightly tough to get your Google Account back but definitely not impossible if you have the relevant information in your secondary email mailbox.

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Google to offer street view of Indian cities soon

Global Internet search engine Google on Thursday announced plans to offer street view of Indian cities on its maps platform.
"We are launching the street view project from Bangalore as it is the IT capital of India where IT-savvy users will be able to leverage the benefits of the facility optimally," Google India product head Vinay Goel told reporters here at a preview of its latest product.
As a user-friendly feature of Google Maps, the US-based global IT major has already uploaded street view of about 100 cities in 27 countries world over with a host of information for the benefit of users seeking specific details.
"Inspired by the success of the project in other cities, we will collect images of Bangalore streets by driving across the city in cars and trikes (three-wheeler rickshaws) that will have high resolution cameras mounted atop," Goel said.
To be made available on www.google.co.in/streetview in the coming months, the novel feature will enable users to virtually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through a panoramic view of its streets on their desktops or mobile handsets.
"The users will also be able to access street-level imagery by zooming into the lowest level on Google Maps or by dragging the orange 'pegman' icon on the left side of the map onto a blue highlighted street," Goel pointed out.
Images of faces, addresses of houses or offices and number plates of cars will be blurred to safeguard privacy. Detailed imagery of public or private properties and specific locations will also be blurred on request by the concerned or the affected party.
"Street view will also be useful for urban development planners, law enforcement agencies, house-hunters, travellers and diverse users looking for specific information on shops, offices, restaurants, hotels, etc, in a particular street, area or locality," Goel said.
The feature will enable businesses to upload their details on the imagery map for free by using the tools on the street view site.
"Street view is designed to comply with all local laws, including those related to security and privacy issues in India," Goel added.
Google India's development centre in this tech hub has been actively involved in the global street view project for developing application interface, associated tools and solutions for trouble-shooting.

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