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		<title>YouTube UK Pulls Off The Biggest Ever RickRoll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who are not aware, RickRolling is a popular prank on social media sites where users post mislabeled links that actually point to a video of Rick Astley&#8217;s #1 hit single from 1988, &#8220;Never Gonna Give You Up&#8221;. YouTube UK decided to RickRoll all its users on April Fool&#8217;s day. All the videos featured [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those who are not aware, RickRolling is a popular prank on social media sites where users post mislabeled links that actually point to a video of Rick Astley&#8217;s #1 hit single from 1988, &#8220;Never Gonna Give You Up&#8221;.<span id="more-347"></span></p>
<p>YouTube UK decided to RickRoll all its users on April Fool&#8217;s day. All the videos featured on YouTube, YouTube UK and YouTube <a target="_blank" title="TechCrunch: YouTube RickRolls users in Australia" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/youtube-rickrolls-users/">Australia</a> were actually linked to the now extremely popular video by Rick Astley.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" title="This is an example of a RickRoll!!!" href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI" class="quote">Find Out Which Of Your Friends Got RickRolled</a></p>
<p>While this may seem funny to some, it is bound to annoy most users, and there are already suggestions to outlaw such practices. <a target="_blank" title="ABC News 15: Singer given a boost by 'RickRolling'" href="http://www.abc15.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=a685b5a1-4ae1-4e61-85e7-c52876023ef4">ABC News</a> reports that this practical joke is certainly boosting Rick Astley&#8217;s otherwise non-existant musical career.</p>
<p>The mega RickRoll is actually just one of Google&#8217;s pranks this year. The company has always shown its fun side by creating prank sites, announcements and products each year on April Fool&#8217;s day. Last year they &#8220;invented&#8221; a product called <a target="_blank" title="Google TiSP" href="http://www.google.com/tisp/">TiSP</a>, which provided free in-home wireless broadband via the toilet commode! This year they launched &#8220;project&#8221; <a target="_blank" title="Google and Virgin launch Virgle" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/announcing-project-virgle.html">Virgle</a> in association with the Virgin Group to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.</p>
<p>The joke doesn&#8217;t end there, though. Google Australia also announced the &#8220;launch&#8221; of <a target="_blank" title="gDay with MATE" href="http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/">gDay with MATE</a>, a new service that allows users to search content on the Internet before it is created.</p>
<p>Do you know of any other Google pranks that we had not heard of yesterday?</p>
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