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March 15, 2015

The very addictive 'Google Feud'

Twist on Family Feud and the search engine's autocorrect

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Google Feud.

Are you looking to waste even more time on the internet? Then Google Feud is the game for you.

Everyone is familiar with Google's autocomplete feature, which fills in suggestions when you begin typing a search. Well Google Feud uses the conventions of the game show "Family Feud" and couples it with the search engine's feature to create the latest internet addiction. 

Here's how it works: you can choose between four categories: people, culture, names and questions. Once you pick a category, you are given the first half of a commonly searched name, thing, or phrase in those categories.

Then, you guess the word(s) that most commonly follow the prompt in Google's autocorrect feature. After three wrong guesses, you move on to another round, racking up as many points as possible. 

So, for example, after choosing people, I received "Gary" as a prompt. My first two answers, "Busey" and "Kubiak" were the top two answers. But after three wrong answers (how is "Gary Indiana" not in the top ten?) I moved on to another round. 

The game was founded by Justin Hook, whose twitter bio says he also works for the FOX animated T.V. sitcom "Bob's Burgers." The game has been so popular that it even temporarily crashed the site:

Google Feud is now up and running again. But beware, it only takes one round to fall down the rabbit hole, and as the site notes: 

...certain results may be offensive and/or incomprehensible.

The only thing the game is missing is an avatar of Steve Harvey to tell you "Survey says..."


Play Google Feud here. 

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