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Internet giant Google turned its mega search engine on its ear Thursday by changing its name to "Topeka" in a huge cyberspace April Fool's joke.

Internet giant Google turned its mega search engine on its ear Thursday by changing its name to "Topeka" in a huge cyberspace April Fool's joke.

In keeping with its tradition of light-hearted homages to holidays and special events, Google has changed its name to "Topeka" for April Fool's Day. The concept stems from the mayor of Topeka, Kansas moving to rename his city "Google" earlier in March in an effort to persuade the search engine giant to test its new, ultra-fast fiber optics connection in Topeka. .

Some popular brand names are involved in April Fools' Day tongue-in-cheek changes. On the search engine usually known as Google, users Thursday are having their computer redirected to Topeka.

On the search engine usually known as Google, users Thursday are having their computer redirected to Topeka. The city of Topeka, Kan., has been wanting to change its name to Google, so Google decided to change its own name to Topeka.

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