More often than not, you’ll find a Google Doodle in place on a holiday. That includes healthcare workers, janitorial staff, food workers, and many others. For example, in April 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic affects the entire world, Google has dedicated a two-week block of Doodles to the “essential” workers who are helping the world continue to function during the pandemic. The subject of a Doodle often depends on world events. In the early days, Google rarely changed the Doodle on its homepage, but now, the Doodle often changes on a daily basis. Now, Google employs a staff of talented illustrators - called doodlers - whose entire job is to come up with the illustrations that appear on Google’s homepage all over the world. That doodle was so well-received by users that Google decided to put Dennis in charge of the project from that point forward, which resulted in doodles appearing on the homepage much more often. In 2000, Dennis Hwang was asked to create a doodle for Bastille Day. That first Doodle was as simple as putting a stick figure - similar to the Burning Man logo - behind the second “o” to signify that the founders were “out of office.”įrom there, the idea of a Google Doodle progressed. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin came up with the concept in 1998 when they attended the Burning Man festival in Nevada. Google has been putting up these fun illustrations on its homepage for longer than the company has been an actual company. Right above the search box, though, Google’s logo appears, and on occasion, it’ll add something extra by using a “Doodle.” These Doodles can be as simple as additions to the traditional logo, but often go as far as completely redesigning Google’s logo with artistic creations. The homepage for Google Search is one of the most-viewed web pages on the planet as it powers billions of searches on a daily basis.

Google Doodles are a tool on the company’s homepage that are often used to highlight world issues, historic events, and celebrations around the globe.

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