Topic: Independence Day

SearchCap: Google AdWords Removes Delete, Right To Be Forgotten Confusion & July 4th

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Semantics: Google AdWords To Replace “Delete” With “Remove” In Most Instances It’s always seemed odd that choosing to “Delete” a campaign, for example, in AdWords doesn’t actually mean the campaign will […]

Bing Brings The Fireworks To Its July 4th Homepage

To celebrate the July 4th holiday today, Bing’s homepage features an image by Steve Kelly of a fireworks display over the Hudson River. The hidden links within the page offers shortcuts to a selection of American-themed searches, including: “Fourth of July” “Hoboken, New Jersey” (The first city to host the first officially recorded baseball game.) […]

Independence Day USA Google Logo Delivers An Animated Short Set To “Stars & Stripes Forever”

Today’s Google logo marks the July 4th holiday with an animated short of a marching band performing John Philip Sousa’s patriotic “Stars and Stripes Forever.” The logo was designed by Google Doodler Betsy Bauer, with art direction mimicking the classic 1950s cartoons created by the UPA Animation Studio – the same studio that gave us […]

The St. Basil’s Cathedral Google Logo

Today is the 450th Anniversary of the St. Basil’s Cathedral, which had its groundbreaking in 1555 and was officially completed on July 12, 1561. It is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow. The building looks like no other building in Russia and has 9 domes and 2 spires. Their official […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 5, 2011

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google+ Profiles Will Be Public: Google To Terminate All Private Profiles After July 31st There was speculation back in March that Google was going to launch a social network when it […]

Google’s Fourth Of July Logo

Happy Independence Day everyone! Today Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com have special logos and themes for the special day. Above is an image from Google for how they are commemorating the special day. Some are actually upset that there is no American Flag in the logo, but I think the logo represents America well with […]

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Behind The Scenes With Google’s Logo Doodlers At SXSW

Search Engine Land has long been chronicling Google Doodles, the special logos the company produces to celebrate a wide variety of occasions. So, of course, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to hear the stories behind the Doodles, when Doodle team creative lead Ryan Germick, along with user experience designer Marcin Wichary, took the stage […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 5, 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Doctors Warn Against Relying Too Much On Google Chances are good that you’ve searched for health-related information via Google, Yahoo, Bing, or some of the other health-specific portals. Both Google and […]

Happy Fourth Of July From Google With Rube Goldberg Doodle

Google arguably has the most interesting logo for July 4th celebrations of all the search engines today. Google put together a Doodle that celebrated the fourth of July and at the same time, commemorates the birthday of Rube Goldberg, an artist well known for building complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect. I complied […]