This day in search marketing history: January 11
Google's mobile intrusive interstitials penalty, plus: AdWords eases negative keyword management, Search Plus pushing Google+ and more.
Topic: Nicolas Steno
The Keith Haring Google Logo
To celebrate the life of the late Keith Haring, Google has a special Google Logo (aka Doodle). Today would be his 54th birthday. He died at the young age of 31. But he was well known for his graffiti art and much of his later years he was involved in activism and awareness about AIDS. […]
Google Zipper Logo Celebrates Birthday Of Inventor Gideon Sundback
When you visit Google on April 24th, you will see a huge zipper down the middle of the Google of the logo. The logo is to commemorate the birthday of Gideon Sundback, the man who invented the zipper. He was born 132 years ago on April 24, 1880 in Sweden. In 1905 he immigrated to […]
Google Grew Their Own Earth Day Logo
Google has a special Earth Day logo that flips through the various cycles of the growth of flowers and plants over time. In fact, A Google Doodler named Jen planted and grew the logo, taking pictures over time, which made up today’s Earth Day logo for Google. Here is a video of the logo in […]
Eadweard J. Muybridge 182nd Birthday Google Logo
Google is honoring the 182nd birthday of Eadweard J. Muybridge, the photographer most well known for capturing motion in his works. He in fact created a device named the zoopraxiscope, which was used for projecting motion pictures. Google’s logo represents one film strip almost everyone recognizes from history books, the Galloping horse. Here is a […]
Google’s First Day Of Spring Logo
Today is the first day of Spring in many parts of the world and to celebrate, Google has a special Spring Equinox logo. This logo’s design was by Marimekko a Finnish company. It obviously resembles the Google logo but has various flowers, birds, animals and insects to symbolize the Spring season. Bing and Dogpile also […]
Akira Yoshizawa Google Logo – Modern Origami
Today’s special Google logo is to honor the contributions of Akira Yoshizawa the individual credited with creating modern origami. The Google logo is made up of true origami, in fact, Google explained how they did it and how you can also make the origami on the Google blog. Akira Yoshizawa was born today 101 years […]
Google Frog Leap Day Gioachino Rossini Birthday Logo
The more obvious reason there is a signing frog on the Google home page is because today is a leap day, happens about every four years and Google decided to leap with a frog. But the reason the frog is signing like in an opera is because it is the 220th birthday of Gioachino Rossini. […]
Google Wave Logo For 155th Birthday Of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Today is the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German physicist who was able to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves. To celebrate his contributions to the world, Google has a special animated wave logo on their homepage. He built an antenna that was able to detect and measure electromagnetic waves and thus prove […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 11, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Two webcasts next week: “The Buyers’ Journey,” and “Content, Freshness and SEO for Large Sites” Search Marketing Now will host two webcasts next week. On Tuesday, January 17, Christine Crandell and […]
Google Logo For Nicolas Steno: Father Of Modern Geology
Today’s special Google Logo, aka Google Doodle, celebrates the life of Nicolas Steno, the father of modern geology. The logo symbolizes the study of the earth, from the ocean to the mountain tops. In Google Doodle fashion, the art makes up the letters of Google’s name, and this one has the Google colors as well. […]