Google Changes it’s Name to Topeka

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Google Changes it’s Name to Topeka

13 May 2010 by Susan T 3 Comments

Google, Kansas The mayor of Topeka, Kansas recently induced the sound of jaws dropping all over the world. His city was changing its name to Google. And Google, to return the honor, has changed it’s name to Topeka.

Eric Schmidt on Google’s blog has declared that : Googlers should be now referred to as “Topekers,” or “Topekans,” and everything Google should be renamed to Topeka, giving birth to Topeka News, Topeka Talk etc. The post included rules for “proper Topeka usage” such as “before our blind date, I had ‘Topeka’d him.”

It was all an April Fool’s joke, but nonetheless, it made global news. Not to mention, history.

Don’t we all love these CEOs, and mayors who have these fantastic personalities? Just like how we can’t stop talking about Tony Fernandes’s and Richard Branson’s bet where Branson dared Fernandes to become a Virgin Stewardess if Virgin Racing wins Lotus F1.