How to Do a Barrel Roll on Google

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This wikiHow teaches you how to make the Google search page rotate on the screen like a barrel rolling down a hill. This feature, called a barrel roll, is one of many ″Easter eggs,″ or secret silly features, on the Google website.

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    Type https://www.google.com into a web browser on your computer. You’ll need to use Chrome, Safari, or Firefox on a computer to see the barrel roll.
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    It’s at the top of the page.
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    The Google website will now rotate inside your browser.
    • If you don’t see the barrel roll, you may have disabled animations in your browser settings. It's also possible you're using a browser add-on/extension that prevents CSS animations from loading. [1] Temporarily disabling add-ons that change the way websites appear (such as Stylish, Stylus, or various extensions that aim to speed up your browser) may solve the issue. [2]
    • You can also do a barrel roll by typing the text Z or R twice into the search bar and pressing ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return .
    • Another way to do a barrel roll is to point your browser directly to https://elgoog.im/doabarrelroll .
    • For another Easter egg that makes the search page look different, try searching for askew . This tilts the page so it looks slightly off-center.
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    How can you get it to barrel roll multiple times?
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    That isn't possible on the real Google. If you want Google to barrel roll more than once, go to elgoog.im and you'll be able to do it.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8000194/how-does-google-do-the-barrel-roll
      2. ↑ https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/why-is-it-so-frakking-hard-to-disable-animation-in-web-browsers/55734/20

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      1. Go to https://www.google.com in a browser.
      2. Type "do a barrel roll" into the search bar.
      3. Press Enter or Return .

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