- Mystery Seeker
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Mystery Seeker is a website based on the Google search engine.[1] Until November 30, 2009, the website was known as Mystery Google, but on December 1, 2009, the name changed to Mystery Seeker. It has been featured in a number of technology blogs.[2][3][4] Upon a search query, Mystery Seeker returns the results from the previous search, so “you get what the person before you searched for”.[1]
There is a trend among the people on Mystery Seeker to add so-called "missions", where the next user is asked to do something. For example, "Your mission is to copy and paste this until you see it again. Then and only then will you be a true ninja".[5] Other examples of possible missions include telling someone you love them, sending someone a get well card, mailing a banana to someone, etc. There are also references to MLIA. Due to the high number of posted missions involving phone numbers, Mystery Seeker received enough complaints to remove phone numbers from the site. However, the developers are testing Mystery Missions Beta in order to allow the continuance of missions.
A number of phrases yield intentional responses (easter eggs).
In November 2009 Mystery Seeker had 440,000 unique visitors,[6] making it one of the most highly trafficked social entertainment sites online.
Google has not commented on any possible connection to the site.[1] The domain name www.mysterygoogle.com is registered to a private registrant as of 1 December 2009[update].[7]
Shutdown
As of 15 February 2010[update], the original site mysterygoogle.com has shut down to move on to the site, Mystery Missions instead. Mystery Missions now requires a username and password to enter. Mysteryseeker.com, on the other hand, does not require a username and password. Mysteryseeker.com follows the same concept as the original website in which the user gets the results of a previous users search. Many are missions such as call this number, or email this email a song etc. This website features both a "search" button and an "are you sure?" button but both bring the user the search results of a previous user.
References
- ^ a b c Tom Chivers (13-Oct-2009). "Mystery Google returns other people's search results". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6316140/Mystery-google-returns-other-peoples-search-results.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/mystery-google-surprise-y_n_318089.html
- ^ http://mashable.com/2009/10/12/mystery-google/
- ^ http://www.geekologie.com/2009/11/i_wasnt_looking_for_that_myste.php
- ^ http://www.softsailor.com/news/12457-how-to-receivegive-google-mystery-missions-and-why-they-are-fun.html
- ^ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/mysterygoogle.com/
- ^ http://whois.domaintools.com/mysterygoogle.com
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