404 of Mass Destruction
Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Thanks to Doc Searls, I stumbled across this little gem:
404: Cannot find Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sound Off, Loudmouth!
Glendar says: I remember this so well! You used to be able to just type in “weapons of mass destruction” and the 404 would just pop up, like a real 404. That was back when Google was relatively new & they allowed themselves to be witty. I also miss the decorated logo for holidays! Corporate greed+PC=no more happyfun! Thanks for putting this up-I hope its accessible for years to come.
Ben says: The page wasn’t made by Google, it would have been made by someone else and they would have promoted it to the top results (this is called ‘Google-bombing’) – it wouldn’t just pop up unless you clicked the “I’m feeling lucky” button.
Also, I believe they still have decorated logos for holidays.
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