Amid growing economic recession and loss in profits, Google has finally decided to become evil. Last night, in a major decision at its Seattle based headquarters; Google management has decided to charge every search query.
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In a leaked report available to this Rodinhooder, it has been revealed that Google will from now on, place a charge of Re 1 for each search query.
Experts say that Google has imposed this new ‘Search Charge’ to encash over 100 billion search queries it generates in a month. Thus, as per estimates, Google can easily make a profit of over 100 billion INR by this single act alone.
Dedicated Google users who are searching for images, news and views everyday on this search engine will soon feel the heat as 50 searches in a single day will mean Rs 50 expense.
When this reporter asked a Google user Mr. Arvind Sharma, as to how this decision may affect his productivity, his sad and dejected face said it all. He said to us, “How can Google become so evil? Re 1 per search? Are you really kidding me? I will prefer Bing and Yahoo now, which are still free.” When we reminded him that the search results generated by Bing or Yahoo are not dependable and reliable, he snapped back, “So what! Its free, and I will ditch Google for this stupid decision.”
Confidential reports claim that besides Google search, there are other ‘evil’ plans as well. For instance, for every Youtube view, Google may charge us anything from Re 1 to Re 5, depending on the popularity of the video. Gmail users may soon get notifications to pay Re 1 to check every incoming mail and Rs 2 to send an email. And some Financial Experts are even claiming that Google Talk, the immensely popular instant messenger can also be charged.
Reportedly, Microsoft managers threw a big lavish party on hearing this news. They claim that from now on, they are not required to spend billions of dollars on advertisements to lure customers for Bing search engine; they will automatically come to them. We are hearing their plans of rolling out yet another anti-Google advertisement from next week. Just that these advertisements would sound real this time!
Disclaimer: Happy April Fool’s Day! If you feel that I have hurt your emotions by this small prank, then let us share some of the actual pranks created by Google in the last few years:
– Wiki list of Google pranks and Easter eggs
– Superb collection of Google pranks and jokes
We are keeping our fingers crossed this time..
Here is the Google prank for 2013: Google Nose!
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