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Visit Google, Kansas!

Posted by on 03 March 2010
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Topeka, Kansas is undergoing a temporary renaming of their famous Midwestern city to Google, Kansas because it wants to become one of the Internet behemoth's fiber-optic broadband test cities. Topeka has even gone so far as to change every reference to itself on its official Web site to a reproduction of the Google logo, reports TheAwl.

We encourage you to check out the official proclamation by Mayor William W. Bunten.

As of today there is no word on if this renaming of Topeka will influence the Google giant.

For this Kansas city, a renaming just may be the ticket for earning tourism dollars as Google lovers flock to state.

What do you think? Will this positively impact the city? As a branding professional, what tips would you pass on to the city?

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