Google's Homepage Countdown

[Sup3r 4ut03r]

Apparently, Google has a countdown timer on their homepage. Shows up for me.

It's presumably counting down to New Year's day, the second of 2010. Either that, or something bigger for the company.

What do you think it's doing? Google's never done this before, so why start now? SO my guess is the release of the Nexus One (Google-branded phone)

Post YOUR ideas!

 

I don't see a countdown anywhere :X

 

[Daily]

I don't see a countdown anywhere :X

Go to the home page and simply click "I'm feeling Lucky".

Personally I think its the release date of the Google OS.

 

[The Riddler_]

Not showing up for me either, possibly it's because of the country your in? I have no idea what it could be.


Edit:

I calculated the time, it's a countdown for the new year. Very awkward place to put it, amiright? I've never in my life clicked "I'm feeling lucky" other than 1 occurrence.

 

[Daily]

Hey cool! Look what I found using Tamper Data.

http://clients1.google.com/js/counter_compiled.js

google.egg||function(){function d(){var a=Math.floor((f.getTime()-(new Date).getTime())/1E3);if(a>0){e.innerHTML=a;window.setTimeout(d,500);if(a<g&&!google.egg.loading){google.eggRequest("ifl");google.egg.loading=1}}else{e.innerHTML="";google.egg.go()}}google.egg={go:function(){},loading:0,loaded:0};var f=new Date(2010,0,1),b=document.createElement("center");b.innerHTML='<div style="font-size:500%;font-weight:bold;color:darkblue"></div>';var c=document.getElementById("xjsd");if(c){c.parentNode.insertBefore(b,
c);var e=b.firstChild,g=3600*(1+Math.random());window.setTimeout(d,0)}}();

It's a countdown to 01/01/10

You can even test this by going to http://www.google.com and entering this into the URL in your browser.

javascript:google.egg||function(){function d(){var a=Math.floor((f.getTime()-(new Date).getTime())/1E3);if(a>0){e.innerHTML=a;window.setTimeout(d,500);if(a<g&&!google.egg.loading){google.eggRequest("ifl");google.egg.loading=1}}else{e.innerHTML="";google.egg.go()}}google.egg={go:function(){},loading:0,loaded:0};var f=new Date(2009,0,1),b=document.createElement("center");b.innerHTML='<div style="font-size:500%;font-weight:bold;color:darkblue"></div>';var c=document.getElementById("xjsd");if(c){c.parentNode.insertBefore(b,c);var e=b.firstChild,g=3600*(1+Math.random());window.setTimeout(d,0)}}();

Same countdown, but I changed the date to countdown to christmas day!

javascript:google.egg||function(){function d(){var a=Math.floor((f.getTime()-(new Date).getTime())/1E3);if(a>0){e.innerHTML=a;window.setTimeout(d,500);if(a<g&&!google.egg.loading){google.eggRequest("ifl");google.egg.loading=1}}else{e.innerHTML="";google.egg.go()}}google.egg={go:function(){},loading:0,loaded:0};var f=new Date(2009,25,12),b=document.createElement("center");b.innerHTML='<div style="font-size:500%;font-weight:bold;color:darkblue"></div>';var c=document.getElementById("xjsd");if(c){c.parentNode.insertBefore(b,c);var e=b.firstChild,g=3600*(1+Math.random());window.setTimeout(d,0)}}();

 

[The Riddler_]

Hey cool! Look what I found using Tamper Data.

http://clients1.google.com/js/counter_compiled.js

Yay I was right!

 

[StR8 AbYsS]

lol u neva know it could be a countdown to both the release and new years

 

[jeckyll jeckyll hyde]

I found this out last week when i was bored so i clicked are you feeling lucky and i thought it was like a countdown to a virus or something lol, nobody else knew what it was.

 

[Ganzta-Freak]

I can't see it. I go to www.google.com and then it automatically takes me to www.google.dk. >:

 

[origin]

I'm edging towards Nexus on 01/01/10.

Can't imagine google going to all the trouble of making that just for a countdown to new years...

 

[v Angel v]

Chrome OS isn't gonna be so great you will only be able to run google software and (I think) OSS.

 

[JIM TIM JOHN]

Obviously the world is going to end on 1/1/10...