# What's the point of elgoog?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956 "2006-04-09T13:01:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956/1 "2006-04-09T13:01:45Z")

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Hey! Have you seen the backwards Google site? What’s the point? Or, was this a remnant from April Fools Day?

[http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/m/index.cgi](http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/m/index.cgi)

- Jinx 😕

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956/2 "2006-04-09T13:34:17Z")

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[Read their FAQ’s](http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/info/)

As for being a left-over from April Fool’s,

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> 1.11. How many people have visited the Google Mirror?
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> We currently do not have a running total of page visits. Although on Sept 8th 2002 when we were Slashdotted we had 2 million hits over 2 days.

So they’ve been at it at least four years.

Cute concept.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956/3 "2006-04-09T17:24:32Z")

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Here’s how it \*\*\*should \*\*\*work: you type a list of many, many web sites, and it tells you what subject they all have in common.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956/4 "2006-04-09T18:30:48Z")

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It looks like the guy is trying to get a job at Google by being a suck up.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-elgoog/351956/5 "2006-04-09T18:41:20Z")

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Same as [http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/](http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/) , or [the last page of the internet](http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm), or this one weirdo I heard of who takes pictures of people’s lost mittens 😉 or the same as 95% of the stuff on the 'net. Just 'cause.