United States of Google

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 12 March 2010 10:16 AM

America is “gaga for Google” says the San Jose Mercury News. The paper prints a roundup of all the crazy things cities across the country have done in a bid to get the Internet giant to chose them as the testing grounds of its new high-speed broadband service. In Florida, they’re sipping Google-tinis and a Michigan mayor took a plunge into the ice cold waters of Lake Superior to show how serious his town is about winning the contract.

Last week we told you about how Topeka has temporarily changed its name to Google, Kansas.

Scroll down to watch the mayor of Duluth take a frigid jump for his city’s Google bid:

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