This article is about one of Google’s many faces. Every once in a while Google changes its main page view. The article discusses how this last Monday, Google was designed to honor the memory of Queens frontman everywhere except the United States where Labor Day was being celebrated.
I found it interesting that though the US did not have it on their main page, Google honored the band’s influence on music. The band had a strong fan base all over the world which is why I believe Google chose to honor the band with their main page. The last few years Google has started to make their home page an informing place not just to search the internet.
My favorite one was the “guitar Google”. The main page allowed users to pluck a string and create music. It lead to videos like this one, that plays the theme song to Rugrats, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSA0NtfYIB4.
Google’s home pages have a history of discussion and buzz. Google honors various holidays or important dates that impact our culture. I think that this is a unique way to honor important dates.
I found it interesting that though the US did not have it on their main page, Google honored the band’s influence on music. The band had a strong fan base all over the world which is why I believe Google chose to honor the band with their main page. The last few years Google has started to make their home page an informing place not just to search the internet.
My favorite one was the “guitar Google”. The main page allowed users to pluck a string and create music. It lead to videos like this one, that plays the theme song to Rugrats, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSA0NtfYIB4.
Google’s home pages have a history of discussion and buzz. Google honors various holidays or important dates that impact our culture. I think that this is a unique way to honor important dates.
Google's homepage changes are always so creative! Whenever I see the special occasion changes, I either laugh, smile, or get lost in thought for a couple minutes. I'm curious to know who designs them; is it a different person each time, or do you think that may be an individual's job? I wonder if the changes have any effect on the number of hits google gets each day? It is pretty crazy how something as simple as a change to the way they write their name on the homepage can be so interesting.
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