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The internet is abuzz with April Fools jokes!

Every year Google attempts to out-do itself with a bigger, better, more ridiculous prank. Last year, they debut and 8-bit format for google maps. This year, they’ve released promotional videos for fake services including Google Nose, a smell-based search engine, and Google treasure maps, based on the long lost maps of pirate Willian ‘Captain’ Kidd.

Read more April Fools gags on CNN.

My personal favorite, other than Scope’s bacon-flavored mouthwash which I think sounds great, is the announcement that after collecting their final entries, YouTube will be shutting down to review submissions and choose the best video on the internet.

Another good giggle is the announcement by Twitter that they will now be charging for the use of vowels in tweets. Gd jk, Twttr!

This article appears in Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2013.

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Google Goes Big for April Fools

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 1, 2013

<h1>Google Goes Big for April Fools</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 1, 2013</p> <p>The internet is abuzz with April Fools jokes! </p> <p>Every year Google attempts to out-do itself with a bigger, better, more ridiculous prank. Last year, they debut and 8-bit format for google maps. This year, they've released promotional videos for fake services including <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbYadm_mrw">Google Nose</a>, a smell-based search engine, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qFFHC0eIUc">Google treasure maps</a>, based on the long lost maps of pirate Willian 'Captain' Kidd. </p> <p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/01/news/april-fools/" target="_blank">Read more April Fools gags on CNN.</a> </p> <p>My personal favorite, other than<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc_iT1bSrJM&amp;feature=player_embedded"> Scope's bacon-flavored mouthwash </a>which I think sounds great, is the announcement that after collecting their final entries, YouTube will be shutting down to review submissions and choose the best video on the internet.</p> <p><object></object></p> <p>Another good giggle is the announcement by Twitter that they will now be charging for the use of vowels in tweets. Gd jk, Twttr!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/H542nLTTbu0 </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/google-goes-big-for-april-fools-2226705/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19158&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/google-goes-big-for-april-fools-2226705/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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