Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. this URL goes to Google launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Think with Google▲142

   Put Google research and insight behind your thinking.

   2014 · business.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shady URL▲34

   Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frighten

   2014 · shadyurl.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   URLify▲150

   Turn your URL's into suspicious looking links

   2016 · urlify.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   goo.gl▲5

   The URL Shortener by Google

   2015 · goo.gl · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Google Search from the Terminal▲8

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6GS
   Google's Got a Secret▲8

   2020 · knuckleheads.club · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Jump by Google▲88

   Experiences like you're actually there.

   2015 · arvr.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Google Search▲7

   Indexes the world information and makes it easy to find.

   2015 · google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   kidrex▲60

   totally SFW search engine (or, Google for kids!)

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10SF
    Search for Reddit Posts via Google – SearchBettr▲9

    2022 · searchbettr.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Page Snooze▲23

    Like Boomerang for Gmail, but for your Chrome Tabs

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    googleweblight▲4

    just add url after http://googleweblight.com/?lite_url=

    2015 · googleweblight.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Very Legit Link▲4

    Turn any link into a suspicious looking one

    2018 · verylegit.link · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Unix Time Stamps▲8

    Trolling Google With 2 Billion Pages

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15OS
    Our stab at PG's No.1 frighteningly ambitious startup idea▲9

    We built a "search engine" that lets you query opinion- and experience based information about the physical world. Human-to-human. It's something that Google, who is really good at surfacing factual, commonly held to be true, objective information, will never be able to do.

    2012 · localuncle.com · its alternatives →

16. 16LA
    Lurrker – Another way to browse Reddit▲9

    2019 · lurrker.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gooo.to▲6

    Url shortener and link hub

    2020 · gooo.to · its alternatives →

18. 18DW
    Discover wonderful websites. The generator of random awesomeness▲6

    2021 · sharkle.com · its alternatives →

19. 19IM
    I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

20. 20LA
    Link-Archive.org▲7

    2022 · link-archive.org · its alternatives →

21. 21UW
    Using Wikipedia as a dictionary▲8

    2015 · wikitranslateitfor.me · its alternatives →

22. 22CA
    Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

    2020 · adalricus.nand.sh · its alternatives →

23. 23RT
    Reading the News with Google Cloud Platform▲5

    2018 · machineloveus.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Google Treks▲3

    Journey beyond the road.

    2015 · google.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →