TechysoftWorld

First Google Doodle Image in 1998

Google Doodle is a rare, temporary modification of the logo on Google's homepages intended to celebrate holidays, activities, milestones and notable historical figures. The first Google Doodle celebrated the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada. It was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to alert users of their absence in the Burning Man event in case of a server crash. Subsequently, Google Doodles was designed by an outside contractor until 2001, when Page and Brin requested Public Relations Officer Dennis Hwang to create a logo for Bastille Day. Since then, the Doodles have been compiled and written by a team of employees called "Doodlers."

The techniques of Doodle have also continued to develop over the years. In September 2018, Doodle honouring Fred Rogers used stop motion animation, while Halloween Doodle was a multiplayer video game that allowed users to play with others. On 2019, July 4th Google Doodle featured an animated baseball backyard game.

Novice designers are also invited to participate. In 2008, the organization formalized this process in one way, launching a competition for kindergarten to 12th-grade students in the U.S. The winner of the annual Google Doodle contest will be featured on Google's homepage, as well as scholarship money and "tech packages,  Google conducts different contests for countries all over the world.


Some of the Amazing Google Doodles are:

50th Anniversary of JFK's Inauguration, January 20, 2011

80th Annivesary of Moscow Metro, 15th May 2015

Franz Kafka's 130th Birthday