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title: PigeonRank
date: "2002-05-21T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1328
description: I came across Google's PigeonRank page, a classic April Fools' joke describing how pigeon clusters compute search results. It's a fun look at early internet humor and how Google marketed its PageRank algorithm through parody.
keywords: [google, pigeonrank, april fools, search engine, internet history, pagerank, humor]
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[PigeonRank](http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html). Google's amazing technology (funny).