It’s April Fool’s Day, everyone! Today is a day to make sure your whits are about you. However, in an effort to offer some honest information on a day when it’s hard to come by, here are some of this year’s best prank PR campaigns.

Grouber

Groupon launches a new app that allows you to get picked up and shuttled around by cats. A dream come true.

com.google

Here’s the first Google prank that made the list for this year. com.google is google.com, but backwards, as is shown in the picture below. Give it a shot here.

Amazon Throwback

For Amazon’s prank PR campaign they went old school. Back to 1999 in fact. They completely restored the website home page from April 1, 1999. A nice reminder for how far we’ve come.

PlayStation Flow

PlayStation has just announced the special release of a new product line – Flow. It allows you to play your video games underwater, providing users a whole new kind of gaming experience.

Samsung Galaxy BLADE edge

Yes, the first ever smart phone knife. It’s so practical we don’t know why it wasn’t released sooner. Thank you Samsung!

Petco – Dog on a Stick

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. A selfie stick for dogs! With a simple bark the picture will be taken. Learn more about this one-time offer here.

Google Maps

Google’s second featuring on this list, is their version of PacMan on top of Google Maps. Pick a location of your choice, and play some PacMan! Above is Washington D.C.

Miz Mooz

And we can’t forget this one. Selfie Shoes from Miz Mooz. Making Shoefies that much easier.

These companies executed prank PR campaigns excellently. For help with your PR initiatives or any other kind of marketing needs, be sure to contact Alexander’s or by filling out the contact form below.