Google Didn't Celebrate Easter?
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For those who are not "in the know," Google replaces its logo every so often for a day or two during holidays and other observances. Not so on Easter, however.
An article at Michelle Malkin's blog points out that Google, despite displaying specialized logos for various other holidays, did not display one for Easter.
What's odd is that not only did Google not display an Easter logo, but five days earlier they displayed a logo for "World Water Day." This made me curious, so I did some snooping around. The only Easter logos were in 2000 (a logo with painted eggs on it) and in 2001 (not truly a logo, as it did not display in the header). Google has done logos for Bastille Day multiple times. That's a French holiday, just so you know. Other Google logo observances include Shichi-go-san, Holi (Indian festival of color), Swiss National Day, Korean Liberation Day, St George's Day, Children's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and La Fête de la Musique. Also of interest: Google has done a logo every year for Halloween. Same goes for Thanksgiving. Christmas? Never. December gets the politically correct "Season's Greetings" phrase. No Christian symbols were ever used in a logo, as far as I noticed.
All of Google's specialized logos are available for viewing at Google's holiday logos page.
Dennis Hwang, the artist behind Google's special logos, is quoted on Google as saying that "Google makes a big effort to recognize holidays that aren't necessarily mainstream."
I expect this year, we should expect logos for Juneteenth, "Bring your child to work day," "No Pants Day," and "Talk Like a Pirate Day."
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April 4th, 2005 at 13:54
[...] CAL FACT SUPREMES GET ONE RIGHT » GOOGLE ME MAD Evidently, Google doesn't find Easter to be a Holiday [...]
April 4th, 2005 at 20:36
Don't be hating on National Talk Like a Pirate Day–its a very cool holiday!
April 4th, 2005 at 23:20
Yes, NTLaPD is quite fun, as is No Pants Day. Still, that doesn't mean Google should make a logo for it before Easter!
April 12th, 2009 at 07:46
GOOGLE makes me sick. I NEVER USE IT. I use Yahoo to search for everything. Shame on them for not displaying Christian holidays. I've seen every other bullshit holiday symbol that nobody has ever even heard off. Someone there will be punished.
April 12th, 2009 at 07:59
I use Yahoo for this reason. Google is very "left" and biased. They suck and slap us in the face.
April 12th, 2009 at 08:01
Simple as 1+1 = 2.
GOOGLE = NO EASTER LOGO?
NO EASTER – NO MORE GOOGLE. SIMPLE
YAHOO HERE I COME. I'M BOYCOTTING THIS LEFT ORGANIZATION.
April 26th, 2011 at 18:07
I THINK YOU'LL LOSE SOME "CLIENTS." I DISAGREE WITH YOUR REASONING, BUT YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO SHARE RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS!
PEACE,
DOTTY