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I wonder how Google deal with all these little easter eggs from a code perspective. It's pretty impressive that they can add so much extra to a particular searc

by neiled 14y ago

I wonder how Google deal with all these little easter eggs from a code perspective. It's pretty impressive that they can add so much extra to a particular search term without it affecting the overall code quality.

sev 14y ago
I would imagine each search term being something like a key in a database, and each key has an associated field which can link to anything they want. That linker probably then gets attached to a "hook" on their site. It's just a matter of adding in the hooked code into the associated field in the DB. I know I over simplified this, but I would assume that's the gist.
- reitzensteinm 14y ago
  Also, the infrastructure already exists for serious reasons, eg Googling for "suicide" will give you a hotline number to call. So it's not like they added the extra complexity for a laugh!
  - conradfr 14y ago
    That's a great idea but I tried and it gave me nothing. Oh well, time to leave.
    - wlesieutre 14y ago
      It looks like http://i.minus.com/ibbwHvK38EiDQB.PNG http://i.minus.com/ibbwHvK38EiDQB.PNG for me. Are you in the US?
      - mattmanser 14y ago
        Breaking News: "Google's Zerg Rush drives thousands to contemplate suicide"
        ansgri 14y ago
        That's why proper root cause analysis is hard.
      - dagw 14y ago
        Seems to be a US only feature, got nothing in Sweden. The first hit (there are no ads) for "självmord" (suicide in Swedish) is a site offering a guide "for those who have tired of life...and want knowledge about how to end your life in a good way". So no quite the same...
      - conradfr 14y ago
        No I'm not but I tried google.com and google.fr. It's really U.S specific then.
        rryan 14y ago
        It's not US only. These work for me: [selbstmord] on google.de [suicidio] on google.es [zelfmoord] on google.nl Even longer queries like [como suicidarse sin sentir dolor] on google.es worked. I tried a bunch of things on google.fr and couldn't get it to work.

by neiled 14y ago

sev 14y ago

I would imagine each search term being something like a key in a database, and each key has an associated field which can link to anything they want. That linker probably then gets attached to a "hook" on their site. It's just a matter of adding in the hooked code into the associated field in the DB. I know I over simplified this, but I would assume that's the gist.

reitzensteinm 14y ago
Also, the infrastructure already exists for serious reasons, eg Googling for "suicide" will give you a hotline number to call. So it's not like they added the extra complexity for a laugh!
- conradfr 14y ago
  That's a great idea but I tried and it gave me nothing. Oh well, time to leave.
  - wlesieutre 14y ago
    It looks like http://i.minus.com/ibbwHvK38EiDQB.PNG http://i.minus.com/ibbwHvK38EiDQB.PNG for me. Are you in the US?
    - mattmanser 14y ago
      Breaking News: "Google's Zerg Rush drives thousands to contemplate suicide"
      - ansgri 14y ago
        That's why proper root cause analysis is hard.
    - dagw 14y ago
      Seems to be a US only feature, got nothing in Sweden. The first hit (there are no ads) for "självmord" (suicide in Swedish) is a site offering a guide "for those who have tired of life...and want knowledge about how to end your life in a good way". So no quite the same...
    - conradfr 14y ago
      No I'm not but I tried google.com and google.fr. It's really U.S specific then.
      - rryan 14y ago
        It's not US only. These work for me: [selbstmord] on google.de [suicidio] on google.es [zelfmoord] on google.nl Even longer queries like [como suicidarse sin sentir dolor] on google.es worked. I tried a bunch of things on google.fr and couldn't get it to work.