Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?

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Post by everbody » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 11:17 PM UTC

Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
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Post by codevark » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 11:18 PM UTC

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Post by vt85 » Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 11:42 PM UTC

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Post by fire » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:14 AM UTC

at this point, googling in and of itself feels like hitting I'm Feeling Lucky for all the unrelated nonsense it brings up

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Post by _jal » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:43 AM UTC

That and the primary colors are about the only things left of the days when they were a likable company.

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Post by aurizon » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:45 AM UTC

fire wrote: post #4

at this point, googling in and of itself feels like hitting I'm Feeling Lucky for all the unrelated nonsense it brings up

Makes one feel foolish - an "I'm Feeling Foolish" button is more apt... but I see no button at all.

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Post by ht85 » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:51 AM UTC

Maybe your data gets sold to an ethical corporation and you end up contributing to the "make the world a better place" thing.

So lucky.

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Post by croddin » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:51 AM UTC

aurizon wrote: post #6

fire wrote: post #4

at this point, googling in and of itself feels like hitting I'm Feeling Lucky for all the unrelated nonsense it brings up

Makes one feel foolish - an "I'm Feeling Foolish" button is more apt... but I see no button at all.

I see the both buttons on desktop but no buttons on mobile.

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Post by alx__ » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:55 AM UTC

Unrelated to the article, I also enjoyed the layout of the blog

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Post by jakelazaroff » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 12:57 AM UTC

This mostly seems to funnel people to various Google things. Hover over it and you might get…

- I'm Feeling Doodley: Google search for "google doodles"

- I'm Feeling Puzzled: redirect to http://www.agoogleaday.com/#date=2012-02-29

- I'm Feeling Trendy: redirect to https://trends.google.com/trends/trendingsearches/daily?geo=...

- I'm Feeling Artistic: redirect to https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/xwE7rgYgnWm68w

- I'm Feeling Adventurous: Google search for "roll a die" (with die rolling widget embedded above search results)

- I'm Feeling Playful: Google search for "tic tac toe" (with tic tac toe game embedded above search results)

- I'm Feeling Generous: redirect to https://play.google.com/store/apps/editorial_collection/prom...

The only one I've encountered that does't send people a Google site or widget is "I'm Feeling Stellar", which is just an image search for "reflection nebula".