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[Google Status updates - hoax] can it be true?

[Anonymous] [PersonRank 4]

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
15 years ago4,133 views

www.facesaerch.com/blog/google-launches-twitter-killer/

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Tony Ruscoe [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I'm calling this a fake because the screenshot says [Googel Search] on the button. I know Google engineers make typos but that's surely ridiculous...

Oh, and the italicized letters in the post itself spell "not true" so this has just completely devalued everything that is ever posted on that blog in my opinion.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I just received confirmation it's a prank by Franz (not to say Tony's finding wasn't confirmation enough already). I edited the title to indicate this is a hoax.

franz [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

[put at-character here]tony
>italicized letters in the post itself spell "not true"
you are fast

i left clues, but still very fast

>this has just completely devalued everything that is ever posted on that blog in my opinion.

well, you should not trust blogs, anyways...

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Yes, the button says Googel (check .....google-status-update.png)

And the domain name is
f a c e s a e r c h . com!

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

The facesearch . com redirects to
www.facesearch.com/?432cac60
in turn.

[Unlinked. Not sure this is related as it's a different domain. – Tony]

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Maybe they just reserved ...saerch version when the domain facesearch . com was taken already...

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