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September 7, 2010

Google's Particles Doodle

Google's homepage shows another animated doodle, but this time Google doesn't offer any information about the doodle. The homepage animates some particles which are used to create the Google logo.

It's very likely that the interactive doodle celebrates Google's 12th birthday. Google usually celebrates its birthday on September 7th or September 27th, depending on the year. "Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake."

Happy Birthday, Google!





Update (via Blogoscoped Forum): Google says that the animated doodle didn't celebrate an important event. It was fast, fun and interactive, just like Google.
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35 comments:

  1. COACHELLABLOGSeptember 7, 2010 at 1:31 AM

    I think that GOOGLE is looking to get more TWITTER FOLLOWERS... But I LIKE Birthdays as well so I am going to say "COACHELLAVALLEYEVENTS WANTS TO WISH GOOGLE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" & I'll share this on my YOUTUBE Channel as well.

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  2. B. MooreSeptember 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM

    I think its real purpose is the upcoming Google Search Event on Wednesday.

    So it all goes together...

    Google's Birthday is some time this week, they have a HUGE Google Search event & a INTERACTIVE HTML5 Doodle. Didn't we see a video of some INTERACTIVE Search Result Pages...

    I think we did .

    Can't wait to here what the Search team is about to release!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    lol at the open 4chan tabs

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  4. Alex ChituSeptember 7, 2010 at 1:53 AM

    Please don't call it "HTML5 doodle"! Google doesn't use anything from the HTML5 spec and the doodle should look well in any browser that supports JavaScript, including Internet Explorer.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:06 AM

    What cartoon is played when u catch a large blue ball? I cannot get the damn bouncing thing >:|

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  6. UnknownSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:20 AM

    This works far better in Chrome and Firefox than in IE. The ball size doesn't change in IE, and it looks ugly. Could it be that html5 is used in Chrome and Firefox, but not IE?

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  7. Alex ChituSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:25 AM

    Internet Explorer doesn't support the CSS3 border-radius property.

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  8. allSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:29 AM

    - Please don't call it "HTML5 doodle"

    Pacman was HTML5

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  9. Alex ChituSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:35 AM

    No, the Pacman doodle has nothing to with HTML5 either. The game works well in Firefox 2, a browser released four years ago.

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  10. allSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:53 AM

    funny thing, search on Google for "html5 doodle" and all 10 results are about today's logo.

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  11. Alex ChituSeptember 7, 2010 at 3:03 AM

    That's because HTML5 is just a buzzword and people use it without knowing what it really means. Just like Ajax, Web 2.0, etc.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 3:34 AM

    I'd love to see this, but I just see the ordinary logo.

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  13. trilbySeptember 7, 2010 at 3:48 AM

    The Particles Doodle is still playing on the UK site: google.co.uk

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  14. MithiSeptember 7, 2010 at 4:05 AM

    any particular reason to lock out Opera? It works just fine when Opera is switch to declare himself as "Firefox"

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 4:54 AM

    Any chance this has something to do with the Large Hadron Collider rather than Google's "birthday"? The LHC was first launched on 10 September 2008.

    And this logo doesn't seem to show up on the regular Google homepage yet. I had to follow the link in this post to see it.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 5:01 AM

    This so-called birthday effect is just awful. Yuk! Let's stick with straightforward still images please.

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 5:56 AM

    Боб долбоёб!

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  18. ThickySeptember 7, 2010 at 7:03 AM

    I think it looked nice D:

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    AFAIK, IE8 doesn't support HTML5 and it can display the animated doodle. The doodle does look horrible on IE8 though.

    Everyone is on the HTML5 bandwagon now. I blame Steve Jobs. LOL Even Gizmodo is asking of Google is "demonstrating the power of HTML5?"

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  20. UnknownSeptember 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    Sept 7 is David Packard’s birthday (HP co founder). The dots are for the inkjet dots.
    Notice that the Doodle’s HTML tag is marked as “hplogo”.

    I find the interaction highly addictive, though…

    http://blog.yonatan.me/2010/09/google-doodle.html

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM

    i just extracted the source code, anyone interested get it here http://bit.ly/asrMH6

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  22. ducktapeSeptember 7, 2010 at 8:44 AM

    '- Please don't call it "HTML5 doodle"

    Pacman was HTML5"

    lol no it worked on my Zune HD and that doesn't support html5 let alone flash

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  23. LisaSeptember 7, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    Mmm… works on IE 8 so I guess not HTML 5 (or at least same version developed for HTML 4?)

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  24. Gregg DesElmsSeptember 7, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    I think Yonatan may be onto something with the HP theory.

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  25. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    It is always called hplogo (home page logo)

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  26. MarkSeptember 7, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    It's not HTML5 and it's not for Google's Birthday. Snd it's nothing to do with Packard either - hplogo means Home Page Logo.

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  27. Gregg DesElmsSeptember 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM

    Okay... so, then, the Hewlett-Packard thing is out. The mystery continues.

    It's sure all over the press, though. More stories, quite literally by the minute.

    Google couldn't have PAID for this kind of attention.

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  28. noizeSeptember 7, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    Minimise the screen and give it a shake.. i liek that effect!

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  29. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    Could anyone make a mirror? It doesn't work in any of my up to date browsers, I just see the original logo.

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  30. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Try http://www.google.co.uk/

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  31. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    Interesting action...mouse cursor movement disturbs the balls as if it were a magnet with the opposite charge but if you leave the cursor idle in the space where the logo would be, the balls will fill in back to normal. roger ct

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  32. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    check that http://hansiruting.com/experiments/google_doodle/

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  33. ThomasSeptember 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    this is make fromt CG?
    very nice graphic

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  34. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    please what is the page for google particules!?

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  35. AnonymousMarch 20, 2012 at 12:00 AM

    Any one know how do they generate positions for GOOGLE???

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