Google Page Two

About

Google Page Two refers to a series of memes which compare search results found on the first and second pages of Google in a humorous fashion, often by imagining things found past the first page of results being akin to the dark web content. The format gained significant spread in mainstream meme communities on Reddit in mid-September 2019.

Origin

While separate jokes based on the notion that content found past the first page of search results is very obscure existed prior, the meme did not receive widespread recognition until September 2019. On September 15th, 2019, Redditor ExceedinglyGayRoach posted an Iceberg Tier infographic of web depth levels, ranking page two of Google search results below dark web (shown below).^[1] The post received over 88,100 upvotes in two weeks.

Spread

The format did not see further spread until on September 22nd, 2019, Redditor firetti made another post adding one more panel to the ExceedinglyGayRoach's post representing search results on Bing. The post received over 37,300 upvotes in five days (shown below).^[2]

In the following days, the format received significant spread in meme subreddits such as /r/dankmemes and /r/memes, with memes presenting the second page of search results on Google as a bizarre, lower quality reflection of first page results. For example, a post made by Redditor Parkingjas on September 24th, 2019, gained over 62,200 upvotes in four days (shown below, top left).^[3]

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References