Did you know that Google creates over thousands of doodles for the homepages around the world? The marvelously funky doodles that bring smiles to the faces of millions of Google users around the globe reflect Google’s philosophy of taking fun seriously. And guess which country is one of the leading competitors in this race for some serious fun? If you guessed India, you are absolutely right! The four Indian cities of Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi lead the global search for Google Doodles, respectively, across the globe. Google Trends data from the past 12 months shows that while search for these engaging Doodles had their share of rise and fall, the month of August 2012 took the interest in Google Doodles to a new level. Wondering why? With the Olympics taking place in London, Indian who couldn’t be there live, decided to play their own Olympic games on the Google Search home page. In fact, the search reached its peak volume during that month, and search terms including ‘Google Doodle games’ and ‘Doodle jump’ reflect in the top searched keywords. Another interesting insight is that Google India’s recently announced Doodle for Google campaign, targeting students across the country to create that special Doodle for Children’s Day, is currently the top keyword being searched for, by Indians! In its fourth year, the initiative continues to attract students from across states, and will culminate in New Delhi on November 06, 2012. The theme for the Doodle 4 Google competition for 2012 is ‘Unity in Diversity’ and invites children between the ages of 5-16 years to share their creativity by doodling on the Google logo. The same Google Trend insight also show that Ireland had high search volumes for Google Doodles, but surprisingly there was no high enthusiasm around the international Olympics. Google created the first doodle in 1998 when Google founders Larry and Sergey were attending the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. They placed a stick figure drawing behind the second “o” in the logo to let users know they were “out of the office”. Users were stunned to see the playful change to the standard and simple company logo but enjoyed it thoroughly! As technology has grown and developed, so have Doodles. In 2011, users got to explore 20,000 leagues under the sea with Jules Verne, shared a tune they strummed on the Les Paul guitar, and even became a part of Google’s biggest animated Doodle so far – commemorating Little Nemo, the main character in the comics strips of Winsor McCay, published in the New York Herald and the New York American from 1905 to 1914. This stupendous fame has made creating Doodles a prime responsibility of a team of talented illustrators and engineers also called Doodlers by Google. The ideas for the Doodles come from numerous sources including Googlers (the Google Team) and Google users. So do you have something to inspire the Doodlers at Google?
For more information on city specific interest for doodle, check out:
http://www.google.co.in/trends/explore#q=google%20doodle&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q
For more information on city specific interest for doodle, check out:
http://www.google.co.in/trends/explore#q=google%20doodle&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q
