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What is the point of "I am feeling lucky" button, with the redirect?

4 pointsby svigrahamalmost 14 years ago
The button on the home page in practically pointless.

5 comments

Zakuzaaalmost 14 years ago
With instant search that button is practically unusable because it disappears as soon as you type anything in the search box.<p>It's currently redirecting to <a href="http://www.google.com/logos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/logos/</a><p>So, yeah.. pointless.<p>Is Google being superstitious here?
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dmcalmost 14 years ago
There's a quick bit of discussion about this already here on HN[1]<p>1: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=2819709" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=2819709</a>
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adamzochowskialmost 14 years ago
Because big top keywords are proper direct matches. Search for 'putty', and bam, you are there without having to click the first entry. Same with most software.
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mbrzuzyalmost 14 years ago
Google might have kept it for nostalgia/fun.
dadadsalmost 14 years ago
Because sometimes I like to be surprised