Google Mystery Countdown

[Ziddy1337]

Goto Google and press I'm Feeling Lucky without typing anything in, an unexplained countdown will appear.

The feature, which usually takes users directly to the top result for their query, has been programmed to display a ticker when no words are entered into the search box.

As of 7.15pm GMT on Monday, the clock had reached 1,484,258.

It appears that the blue numbers are only visible to people using the search giant's English language portals such as Google.com, Google.co.uk, Google.ie and Google.com.au. Attempting the same trick on Google's French and German websites presents an error box instead.

Google has released no statement explaining the hidden clock, but initial speculation that the search giant had advance warning of the end of the world appears wide of the mark.

[warsheep]

17 days.












tick.. tack... tick... tack...

[asbest0s]

amagad the end is near!

[Remus]

hmm what's in 17 days ? new years sounds close.


which a few seconds ago --

1492786
divded by 60 (seconds to minutes)
divided by 60 (minutes to hours
divided by 24( hours to days

=17.277 days

[Ziddy1337]

Countdown to new year then... Not so mysterious after-all

[Iraq]

hmm what's in 17 days ? new years sounds close.


which a few seconds ago --

1492786
divded by 60 (seconds to minutes)
divided by 60 (minutes to hours
divided by 24( hours to days

=17.277 days

yeah it looks like a new years countdown.

[Ssateneth]

I did the math, it's 0 on 12:00 am january 1 2010. just a new years countdown

[warsheep]

Change your computer clocks to the 32th of december, 23:55, and count down to new year with me!

[asbest0s]

Countdown to new year then... Not so mysterious after-all

I still like the "end of the world" theory more

[Kaido Marahu]

Haha, i never figured out what it was. How amusing of google...

[Forever]

Before even reading this thread I already guessed it was for new year, IM SO GOOD AT THIS