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- daFilms, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44this post wins the 'battle of romance' that played out at 12:20am at digg... anyone who missed can follow the photo at
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7683/battleofromance7yo.jpg - quink, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Woot! Digg actually got mentioned on Google:
http://www.google.com/romance/press.html - carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Aahahahahhahaa
"Note: those who generally favor the %u201Cthrow enough stuff at the wall%u201D approach to online dating might find it useful to employ our Batch Profile Uploading option."
Google just laid into fraudulent online dating sites hardcore. - osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18I'm calling April Fool's Day joke.
- jord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9on their homepage of course
- vdxc, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7and lets not forget GMail, the if I recall one journalist 'obviously fake' aprils fool joke.
- WayneMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"...and with easy access to Google Maps, your date can easily transform into cyber-stalking..."
- EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8LOL:
"Fell for our April Fool’s joke, in which case ha ha, wasn't that amusing and harmless and mostly in good taste and not all psychologically damaging under various and sundry aspects of contemporary tort law, please don't sue us." - SkrewyRebirth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7User A: “Finally I’ve found my Soulmate! Thanks, Google Romance!”
User B: "I never thought
I’d be writing an online dating testimonial.
Until I met User A…”
Hilarious. Google probably have quite a lot of people trying to use this as well. - Overdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I tried to make it as obvious as possible ;)
- FrugalFreak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The Good,Bad & Ugly.Good: Nice April Fools joke Bad: disappointingly I was hoping for a dating site that didn't charge Extortion money for a e-mail reply (I refuse to pay Yahoo or Match ransom money). Ugly: 35 yr old single with no dates on calendar.(am I that much of a dork) lol. Google should REALLY start a Service. I'd view a million relevant Ads! In search for my nerdy wildcat librarian.
- daFilms, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7'It's important to all of us on the Google Romance team that the ads you see during your Contextual Date be useful and enjoyable, not intrusive and annoying.'
classic google... where would they not put ads? - DanAtkinson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Very nice! Glad to see Google still have a sense of humour!
Wonder if Microsoft are going to announce something like that today?! - karthikraman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6last time's Google Gulp was way more funnier :D. Check that at http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
- sparty1969, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6No one will ever.....ever....ever find a match using this.
Because their relationships will never get out of BETA. - EricTheGrey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4User A does a soulmate search and reviews dozens of intriguing search results before finding her perfect match.
User B does a soulmate search and then hits "I'm feeling lucky"
Pure gold! This has got to be my favorite one so far this year. It certainly made my day.
EtG - serra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Aww, I was kinda hoping this was real. I've been wanting to find a decent dating site. Everything that is April Fools is just the coolest thing, like the caffeine inhaler from ThinkGeek.
- Crickey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Take the tour. It's hilarious.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Still 6:25am here in canada. Still lots of time for more joking!
Jeff - http://jeffeh.com - Achi11es, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They should have called it gmale
- Tijmen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Hehe,
3. What is Soulmate Search?
Here on the Google Romance team, we follow the philosophy "Don't be medieval,"... - EagleY, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"hit I'm feeling lucky" and you'll " live happily, and contextually, ever after."
lol yeah right. Like the first result is always relevant. Try feeling lucky with a "compatible and beautiful girl" google search.
ps. people stop posting dupes. Overdo is the fastest, get over it! - cybersamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is so awesome! Thanx Google! I thought it might be suspicious that this was released on April Fool's day, but only in the "romance is for fools" way. It's just too bad cuz I was totally serious about it when I tried to upload my profile! Note to Google: Please make this real, I would so use it!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can you form User groups?!? Like when user A meets user B can user A match up with user C or user D who are already in my profile some night when user A is feelin' a bit...freaky!?!? YA......HOT!!!
- VStrider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lol yeah that was the funniest. I almost spilled my coffee on this one.
- Intrepion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I would have spent so much money on Google Gulp by now
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Haha, great capture. So much for the "Are you sure this story hasn't been posted yet" confirmation page...
- gilsmethod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm loving it! though I have to admit Google Gulp was really good too!
- esaba.com, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know what's funnier, this April Fools joke, or the fact that so many people think it's real.
- shuai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LOL! Just found that and was about to submit it, half-expecting it to be already dugg-submitted.
Nice one, Google! - aembleton, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Other Google April fools:
Google Copernicus Center is hiring: http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
The technology behind Google's great results: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
Search smarter and faster with Google's MentalPlexTM: http://www.google.com/mentalplex/ - Prod_Deity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14. Really? It’s that simple?
Well, you know how when you do a regular Google web search, you get back uncannily accurate search results?
One of the funniest parts of the entire FAQ. - diggnationdevon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is the best April fools joke ever. If this is suppose to be competition against the other services then this is a joke haha. Google is better off staying in the Search Field
- MalDON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea, watch google make this a real product in the future. I mean, who doesn't want to take down any dating site?
- psyiode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"6. What is Contextual Dating?
It’s a free date plus the added accrued value of the past decade’s worth of post-Industrial Age online marketing genius, all tied into a real-time, video-based, GPS-tracked, psychographically astute and environmentally pervasive promotional system." - macewan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wouldn't expect anything less :-)
- slipjack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty funny stuff.
- soupenvy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd venture to say that The majority of digg users don't use slashdot ever. Why do people mention them in the same sentence? (And yes, I know the Kevin Rose/slashdot story that led to digg)
- Marlon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When I read the 'I'm feeling lucky' bit, I nearly pissed my pants
Awesome
Did anyone read the FAQ? - SirRobin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This part is classic(from the press release):
"Our internal projections say Contextual Dating is going to be unbelievably huge, just a total cash cow," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt in prepared remarks placed into the notes section of an executive PowerPoint presentation and intended solely for internal use but promptly leaked onto the web and then roundly mocked on Digg and Slashdot. - sock2828, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I still like google soda better
- FrugalFreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0do we hafta admit that we did? LMAO
- omninode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Found this page which is useful and also very funny:
http://www.google.com/romance/start.html - gmerin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they really ought to let people post profiles anyway. I wanted to post one for Joan Rivers: according to ET she's not getting any nibbles on Match.com. If any service can help her, it would be Google!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thats NOT FAIR!! i was really interested in it!! haha
- Hotortillas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The owners of all the dating sites of the world had a heart attack
/ I almost did when they release google base - Brockeim, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0Google? Whatever happened to the barflies at the Floosy and Hootchie Inn?
- sinembarg0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"User B: "I never thought
I’d be writing an online dating testimonial.
Until I met User A…”"
roflmao - Presentlight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Once again, proof that using user-submitted data can lead to an overwhelming amount of useless information on April Fool's Day. Folks, April Fool's Day is just another day, please don't waste my time with fake stories.
- theman8631, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE I CANT BELIEVE IT MAYBE YOU SHOULD POST 10 MORE TIMES THAT YOU THINK IT IS OMG OMG OMG OMG
This HAS to be reaL!!! -
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