Bypassing the results page means users skip all search ads. It was once estimated that this feature cost Google over $110 million annually in lost advertising revenue.

This hidden Easter egg is an homage to the 1997 Nintendo game Star Fox 64, where a character famously instructs the player to perform this evasive flying maneuver.

The very first Google Doodle was created in 1998 when the founders placed a stick figure behind the logo to indicate they were out of office at the Burning Man festival.

This operator prevents the search algorithm from substituting synonyms or dropping words. It is highly useful for tracking down specific quotes or exact error codes.