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Google's Robots.txt Updated for Halloween (scroll to the end)
- JeremyStein 17y agoOK, how did someone notice that?
- trafficlight 17y agoHow do people find these things? Does somebody religiously read the Google robots.txt?
- msc 17y agoThey did something similar last year. Edit: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-10-31-n76.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-10-31-n76.html
- mcxx 17y agoAnd how did someone discover that?
- tlrobinson 17y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if there are SEO people watching Google's every move for hints of changes in Google search. Though I'm not sure how robots.txt would apply.
- derefr 17y agoMore likely than SEOs, bloggers are probably looking for any new hint of an as-of-yet publically-invisible service, so they can be the one to start the rumor.
- ks 17y agoMy guess is that it was "leaked" by someone working at Google.
- Zev 17y agoMatt Cutts posted it on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/5301611018 http://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/5301611018
- kylec 17y agoIt's too bad that /tricks and /treats don't go anywhere :-/ (I even tried altering my user agent to "Kids")
- antirez 17y agoSometimes nerdy stuff are funny, not this time...
- kyro 17y agoNot sure if anyone else noticed, but the Google homepage has also been updated for Halloween. I know, I know, I've got way too much time on my hands, but it's always fun coming across these gems. Clickable link: http://www.google.com/ http://www.google.com/ (look closely at the 'e') EDIT: Well, that sarcasm came round full circle. There's actually a gem in clicking the logo itself. Well played, Google.
- JCThoughtscream 17y agoClicking multiple times, even. I was rather amused.
- maxstoller 17y agoCheck out the HTML source: <img id="logo" width="320" height="138" border="0" onload="window.lol&&lol()" title="Click or treat!" alt="Click or treat!" src="/logos/clickortreat4.gif"/>
- selven 17y agoI used to frequent google.com, but modern web browsers let you search right from the URL bar, bypassing the site entirely. So you do have to go and look these days (or write a script that loads the HTTP and compares it to the standard version).
- steveklabnik 17y ago$ wget -U "Kids" http://www.google.com/treats --2009-10-31 07:00:37-- http://www.google.com/treats Resolving www.google.com... 64.233.169.105, 64.233.169.106, 64.233.169.147, ... Connecting to www.google.com|64.233.169.105|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2009-10-31 07:00:39 ERROR 404: Not Found. Oh well.
- noonespecial 17y agoVery first thing I tried as well. I really expected to find something there as I would seem that any googler that thought far enough to hide such a thing in a place as arcane as robots.txt would surely finish the prank...
- jamesbressi 17y agoHow much of a dork/nerd am I that I actually LOL'd?
- bcl 17y agodupe - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913137 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913137 ;) good job adding date to make it past the darn HN URL checker.