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When Google made the announcement that they would be choosing a small number of communities around the United States to test out their new superfast fiber-optic broadband network, many cities went crazy trying to make themselves stand out as candidates for the new technology. The antics included Sarasota, Florida renaming one of its islands ‘Google Island, and the mayor of Duluth, Minnesota taking a swim in freezing Lake Superior. However, the most extreme was Topeka, Kansas, whose residents showed their dedication and love for the popular search engine by renaming their city Google, Kansas for a month. Those at Google loved the gesture and responded in kind by jokingly changing the name to Topeka on the Google.com front page for April Fools Day 2010! file renamer