Google’s Pi Day Logo On 3.14
Mar 14, 2010 at 8:25am ET by Barry Schwartz
I can't remember Google ever having a special "doodle" or logo for Pi Day, but that has changed today, March 14, 2010. If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special logo for Pi Day, which is celebrated by most on 3.14 - as you might understand.
Here is a picture of the logo:
Bing, Yahoo and other search engines have seemed to skipped this logo today. My blog, the Search Engine Roundtable, dressed up its theme for today. Go check it out.
Postscript:
It is also Mother's Day in the UK with the following logo at google.co.uk:
And the anniversary of Félix Rodríg [...]
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Google’s Doodle For Both The Olympics & Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 2010 at 9:38am ET by Barry Schwartz
If you visit Google today, you will see Google has a 3rd (actually, 4th) Olympics logo up today. But if you look closely, you may notice the logo has a heart designed into it. If you look even closer, you may notice that Google's alternative text tag for the image says, "Happy Valentine's Day" in it.
I noticed this when I at first posted, incorrectly, that Google was skipping out on the Valentine's Day logos in exchange for the Olympics. But it turns out, as spotted by Michel, that the Olympics logo is also a Valentine's Day logo. Here is a picture:
A very nice touch by Google. [...]
Filed in: Google: Logos, Top News
Vancouver Olympics Logos From Google & Others
Feb 12, 2010 at 9:34am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Olympics are just around the corner and Google has their widest ever logo on their home page this morning, for the special event that kicks off tonight in Vancouver. Here is a picture of the special Google Winter Olympics logo:
Yahoo and Bing also have special logos or themes up already. Here they are:
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Filed in: Google: Logos, Microsoft: Bing, Yahoo: General
Third Annual Doodle 4 Google Contest
Feb 3, 2010 at 1:10pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Google announced their third annual Doodle 4 Google contest today. In this year's contest, the competition is around the theme, "If Could Do Anything, I Would..."
The prizes include, the logo being features on Google.com on May 27, 2010, plus receive a $15,000 college scholarship, a laptop computer and a $25,000 technology grant for their school. Your school must be registered by March 17, 2010 because only students from registered schools can enter. All doodles must be submitted by March 31, 2010.
For more details, click here.
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Filed in: Google: Logos, Google: Marketing
Google Logo For Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post
Feb 3, 2010 at 9:19am ET by Barry Schwartz
If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special doodle, aka logo, with a boy and a girl sitting on a bench together. The painting was one of Norman Rockwell's most famous, which was on the front cover of the Saturday Evening Post on April 24, 1926. It was known as the "Little Spooners."
Today is Rockwell's 116th birthday, which was on February 3, 1894. He was 20th-century American painter and illustrator and was best known for his cover illustrations on the Saturday Evening Post for over 40 years. [...]
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