Google Logos Collection

Google wishing Season’s Greetings 2006 with this Google Doodle.

Happy Holidays Everybody!!!

Google is honoring painter Edvard Munch (born December 12, 1863) with a special logo showing a rendition of his most famous painting, The Scream (the one which may have inspired the killer’s mask worn in Wes Craven’s Scream movie).

Google UK and Google Canada displays this logo for the Remembrance Day on 11th November, 2006.

Remembrance Day (United Kingdom, Australia, Canada), also known as Poppy Day (South Africa and Malta), and Armistice Day (United Kingdom, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries; and the original name of the holiday internationally) is a day to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I, World War II, and other wars. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. The observance is specifically dedicated to members of the armed forces who were killed during war, and was created by King George V of the United Kingdom on 7 November 1919 (possibly upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey though Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917).

‘Doodle 4 Google – My Britain‘ is a nationwide design competition which was open to the UK’s 10 million school children. Young people were invited to design a Google doodle representing what it means to them to be British today. These are the winning doodles in the 2006 competition.

9-13 years age group and Overall Winner
Katherine Chisnall from South West

4-8 years age group Winner
Jamie Scott from Scotland

14-18 years age group Winner
Elizabeth King from East Midlands

Read more at Google Blog.

Google wishes a Happy Halloween 2006 with this logo on their home page.

Google Canada(Google.ca) celebrates the Canadian Thanksgiving Day on October 9th, 2006.

Google China(Google.cn) celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival on October 6th, 2006.

The Mid-Autumn Festival also known as the Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, or the August Moon Festival. In Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, it may be referred to as the Lantern Festival, similar in name to a different festival which falls on the fifteeth day of the Chinese New Year) is a popular Chinese celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China’s Zhou Dynasty. Read more about Mid-Autumn Festival at Wikipedia.

Google Korea(Google.co.kr) celebrates Chuseok celebrations October 3rd, 2006 with a special logo showing a dancing group.
Chuseok, also sometimes spelt ‘Chusok’, is a major traditional holiday in Korea, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the year. It is a thanksgiving feast and is also called Harvest Day, Harvest Moon Festival, or Hankawi. Read more about Chuseok at Wikipedia.

Google German(Google.de) celebrating the German reunification on October 3rd.

German reunification took place on October 3, 1990 (check it out) and now is a national holiday in Germany.

Google celebrating their 8th Birthday on September 7th 2006.

Google is a part of our online lives today – be it google search, google adsense, google talk …. And September 7 is Google’s Birthday!

Google was officially born on September 7, 1998 as per a post on the Google Help centre. A look down the corporate history of Google, I quote this small snippet.

“On September 7, 1998, Google Inc. opened its door in Menlo Park, California. The door came with a remote control, as it was attached to the garage of a friend who sublet space to the new corporation’s staff of three. The office offered several big advantages, including a washer and dryer and a hot tub. It also provided a parking space for the first employee hired by the new company: Craig Silverstein, now Google’s director of technology.

Already Google.com, still in beta, was answering 10,000 search queries each day. The press began to take notice of the upstart website with the relevant search results, and articles extolling Google appeared in USA TODAY and Le Monde. That December, PC Magazine named Google one of its Top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines for 1998. Google was moving up in the world.”