Google 10^100 Contest: How About March Instead?

Posted by ChrisMonty on January 26th 2009

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Back in Septemberof 2008, we told you about the Google 10^100 Project. To help celebrate its 10th birthday, Google wants you to submit your ideas for helping others and making the world a better place. They will also pay up to $10 million to turn your idea into a reality.

At the time, Google was planning on having the list of finalists narrowed down by January of 2009 (that would be this month), with the award coming in May.

Today, however, Google announced that they are a bit backlogged.

The response we received has wowed and humbled us. People sent in over 150,000 ideas, with submissions in all of the 25 languages for which we had a submission form. Proving that there is strength in numbers, many people submitted similar ideas for tackling big problems.

All of this reviewing and sorting has kept Googlers around the world quite busy. Because of the sheer number of ideas we received, we were unable to compile the list of finalists in time for our January 27 target and will have to push back that announcement to March 17 (St. Patrick's Day). We apologize for the delay and encourage you to return to the site on that date to vote for your favorite ideas.

OK. We can cut them a little slack here, I think. After all, we ARE trying to change the world and make it a better place.

So stay tuned, and check for more contest updates in March.