Likely because it's considered "Googley" within the company.
Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
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#12Maybe your data gets sold to an ethical corporation and you end up contributing to the "make the world a better place" thing. So lucky.
Looks like it skips the ads entirely. Quite lucky.
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#13DuckDuckGo still has this, but it's not in the form of a button. Instead, if you prepend a backwards slash (\) to your query, it'll take you to the first webpage in the list of results. This is done server-side, so it also works in your browser's search bar.
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#14Unrelated to the article, I also enjoyed the layout of the blog
I waited for the Real Life blocks to turn white. Such a nice touch.
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#15DuckDuckGo still has this, but it's not in the form of a button. Instead, if you prepend a backwards slash (\) to your query, it'll take you to the first webpage in the list of results. This is done server-side, so it also works in your browser's search bar.
That's awesome!
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#16It's like the last little bit of personality Google has left.
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#17A better question would be why the universe exists?
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#18Who else went to Google and hit that button for the first time in a decade :)
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#19Unrelated to the article, I also enjoyed the layout of the blog
I had to view the source to read the article since it seems text won't display without javascript. I know it's considered a lost battle to expect sites to at least make basic static content (text/images) accessible without needing to execute 3rd-party code/trackers, but I still judge sites that can't.
Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?
#20DuckDuckGo still has this, but it's not in the form of a button. Instead, if you prepend a backwards slash (\) to your query, it'll take you to the first webpage in the list of results. This is done server-side, so it also works in your browser's search bar.
DuckDuckGo's !bangs[0] deserve a mention as well, where you can use an exclamation point with an (abbreviated) site name to forward your query to the site's internal search (try !hn).
(Using a plain ! anywhere in your query seems to do the same thing as \)