In 2004, a job advert for the 'Google Copernicus Centre', based on the Moon, appeared for applicants who were: "highly-qualified individuals who are willing to relocate for an extended period of time, are in top physical condition and are capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen".
Google Gulp appeared in 2005. A supposed line of " 'Smart drinks' designed to maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty." Last year's other April Fool's by Google left people stunned as Gmail turned out to be real, and not an April Fool's joke at all.
This year's much anticipated April Fool's joke from Google has delivered to us 'Google Romance':
"Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of Google Romance, a new product that offers users both a psychographic matchmaking service and all-expenses-paid dates for couples who agree to experience contextually relevant advertising throughout the course of their evening."
There has also been the pretend swapping of two high-level search engineers from the rival search engines of Google and Yahoo!. It was reported that Yahoo! was to swap their top engineer for Google's counterpart. Google joked that such a swap would be one sided, so they offered a deal of the Yahoo! engineer plus 2,500 computers for their engineer.
Slashdot.org came up with their own joke, with a short piece about the head of Microsoft, Bill Gates, buying OpenOffice - the multiplatform open source alternative to MS Office. They said that Gates was, "sick and tired of open-source eating away at his profits," and that, "The world's richest man decided to put an end to the nuisance and simply buy OpenOffice.org."
