Sometime back, the town of Topeka had unofficially renamed itself Google, mainly because it wanted to catch the search engine giant's eye as a potential testing bed for its upcoming super-fast broadband. And yesterday, Google seemed to have returned the favor by changing its online logo for a day to read Topeka, instead of Google, and this was not an April Fools' Day prank.

Yesterday, all over the world, anyone who logged on to Google saw the word Topeka adorned on the home page in the company's trademark blue, red, yellow and green combination.

Early during the past month, Topeka's Mayor Bill Bunten, with the hopes of luring Google to pick the town as a part of its "Fiber for Communities" initiative, signed a proclamation that changed Topeka's name to Google for a month. All throughout March, anyone who logged on to topeka. org was greeted with a Google sign on the upper-left corner. The logo remained there till April 01.

Yesterday, Google did the similar thing for Topeka, giving it global promotion and making the people of the town very happy.

"We’ve been wondering ever since how best to honor that moving gesture. Today, we are pleased to announce that as of 1 AM (Central Daylight Time) April 1st, Google has officially changed our name to Topeka", read an official Google post.