September 5, 2009 3:17 pm GMT
Google: an unexplained phenomenon?
by Gary IllyesThe marketing team of Google was always very ingenious. Today’s Doodle shows an UFO stealing one “O” from the Google logo and the Doodle is linked to the search result page of the “unexplained phenomenon” phrase.
In the meantime, some UK users reported that the top navigation bar from Google is missing on the search result pages. Were these links also stolen by the UFOs or it’s just a coincidence? The Googlers remain silent, the last we’ve heard from them is “1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19.” which translates to “All your O are belong to us”. Since this message appeared on Twitter none of the Google employees commented on the subject.
So what’s the deal with the logo? We don’t know, really. A user on Telegraph.co.uk seems to know the answer, though:
i think that ppl go to the unexplain phenonamon becaz of the chupacapbra but they couldnt put one of those in the google image so they put a ufo instead
Maybe not that’s the answer, though. What’s sure is that now at least half of the World is searching for the “unexplained phenomenon” phrase which made the term appear in the “top 10 most searched phrases” list. So, maybe it’s just another extremely smart marketing move from Google…
karl roebling on Sat, 5th Sep 2009 3:45 pm
The special Sept. 5 Google logo references the UFO festival in Exeter of this day.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090811-NEWS-908110332
Keith Ward on Sat, 5th Sep 2009 4:16 pm
Is this possibly to do with the launch of the Google Chrome OS? Is it me, or does the beam abducting the “O” look like it has “OS” written across it in light blue?
Mike Kelso on Sat, 5th Sep 2009 5:15 pm
I agree with karl roebling.
This explains the unexplained:
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090901-NEWS-909010321
gman on Sun, 6th Sep 2009 5:32 am
where in that article does it mention google using the logo for a lame ass festival????