A reader wrote in to suggest we take a good look at Google’s Valentine’s Day logo, which appears to have dropped the “L” and simply reads “Googe.” The strawberry stem arguably is the missing letter, but this sure reads like Googe to me.
See all of Google’s past holiday logos here.
Update: Google discusses this on their blog. Dennis Hwang says there is no missing letter, and “I just know that those with true romance and poetry in their soul will see the subtlety immediately.” Some bloggers are pointing out that “Googe” is the name of a poet that wrote about love once or twice. Whatever. All is well at Google.
I didn’t believe this at first and had to go check it our myself, sure enough its Googe. Hopefully they will change this soon. Googe on Valentines Day just doesn’t seem right.
Why exactly is google always changing it’s logo? It’s kinda degrading for the human mind, to be pointed to a certain ideology that is not shared by everyone. I mean for example not everyone eats chocolate on valentines day and some even have diabites… So I don’t know I guess they are concentric on base values and I think it’s wrong to do that .. I don’t see Yahoo changing it’s logo every month.
Oops !
What oops?
lmao!
Maybe Googe just sounds more romantic
Protrox: You need some chocolate. You need it now! Right now! Really, it will help you take life less seriously.
Maybe the “g” and the “l” are together because they are so in love
A quick glance at the Y! and Goog logos will tell you the strategical diff. between the two companies:
Google is wired up [i.e. high on tech], and one needs some time to understand what’s there in the pic [algos/cryptic/new ways of doing things [search box/Gmail/GTalk?]) while Y!’s logo has a couple showering in love..
More here: http://www.pluggd.in/2007/02/h.....yahoo.html
“It’s kinda degrading for the human mind, to be pointed to a certain ideology that is not shared by everyone.”
Oh please. By this rationale it’s immoral to wish anything upon anyone. I can’t wish someone Happy Birthday because they might not deem birthdays worth celebrating. I can’t shake someone’s hand, because they might have some debilitating fear of germs. So I guess the answer is to be stupidly PC about things people don’t care about.
“I mean for example not everyone eats chocolate on valentines day and some even have diabites…”
I’m sure tons of diabetics are offended when they see chocolate on Valentine’s day.
The green part makes an “L”
Hub is right.Give hub a cookie.
Ok. Cookie for Hub.
Relax.
it’s a simply, temporary, theme change to acknowledge valentine’s day - it’ll be gone the next day most likely
throwing in a diabetic factor spin to it?
throwing in a potential confusion, googe, clause?
lol - you people are the most linear, anal, squares.
Google just knows how to draw buzzz
sinha: I think you mean to say, “Yahoo’s holiday logo is well designed. Google’s is not.”
Josh
Basically what I meant was that the logos capture the essence of the two companies.
Yahoo - predictable, involves community, is a community product,
while
Google - Geeky and unpredictable [so draws attention]
looks like webtech is on the case again.. certainly earning her money!
Protrox, excellent troll.
You heard it here first: Google has officially changed it’s name to Googe. The name “Google” was sooooo late 90s, but the monosyllabic “Googe” is new, innovative, and chic.
In case anyone cares, I changed the CenterNetworks home page (click my name) to use festive Vday colors
— we kept all the letters intact tho.
I think it’s supposed to read “Goo-e”
I was going to make a Google + spooge joke…
But I didn’t.
…but the coolest thing is that Google could write whatever they want, you would in most cases still read Google. I bet most of the users are not realizing that the L looks funny, and this is what´s really great about it.
One day, we’ll just see a big serif “G” and we’ll all know what it means. I guess most of the readers on this blog already identify the Google brand with a single letter “G” (as used in their favicons).
I don’t know about you guys, but I totally saw the “L” as the green stem when I saw the logo and had to look hard to see how you guys were seeing “Googe”.
HVD.
I love their holiday logos! And I can see the L in the stem now that you’ve pointed it out. No Googe…
What is most bothersome to me about Google’s logo dressups is the ignoring of veterans day and other certain patriotic days while giving special recognition to birthdays of some artist who lived in 1650.
A little love to our lost brothers Google?
And by the way, the strawberry would have made a better O and left the L
Googe must be so embarrassing…in Australia.
@ #2
die in a fire, douche bag. if you don’t want to be “forced” into an ideology, use msn search.
I missed the L too, but geez.. u’re taking this too serious… it’s just a logo that will last for one day…
Google wouldn’t be Google if they didn’t do these freaking things.
The Register also has a humorous take on the apparent oversight.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2.....tines_day/
Must be a slow news day.
Hey, I just read Finnish Digitoday.fi news. The was an article about search engine marketing. It was posted two hours ago and it said:
“Googen Suomen johtaja Petri Kokon…” which translates to “Googe Finland’s CEO, Petri Kokko…”.
Might be a typo… or could it be catching on this fast?
Look dammit. It’s google’s logo. They can do whatever the hell they want with it. Don’t like it. Go to another site. People need to STFU and stop whinning about why some days they have a special logo and some days they do not. It’s just like clothes.
Some days you wear makeup some days you dont. Some days you wear blue socks some days yo wear black. Some days you are happy, some days sad. Some days they want a special logo and some days they dont.
It’s not like they are changing the logo on buildings, press packages, etc!
With that said, HAPPY Valentine Day
-Steve!
This has been in the works for a while. Google is changing their name to Googe. They recently acquired googe.com. Research has shown that googe is easier to brand in non-english speaking countries.
That’s what I said this morning, and nobody at the office noticed.
I have to agree with Protrox. After looking at the Google logo, my glucose levels are out of control.
I saw the Valentine’s Day Google brand and saw Googe. I read the stem as the serif that comes off the lower-case ‘g’, not an ‘l’.
Mike, try pronouncing Google right after you’ve stuffed your mouth with a chocolate covered strawberry. I am pretty sure what you say will come out sounding like GOOGE.
Now why don’t you find some tech news to report… Your latest posts resemble the pre-mature findings of a junior software tester.
“It’s a bug! It’s a hack!.. oh no.. I spoke too soon.”
So, hmmm, what is that L doing to that O exactly ? Reaching for the G spot ?
Linear squares?
If its a mistake, its a mega one!!!..Maybe these are signs of
newly found bureaucracy inside Goog?
http://www.pluggd.in/2007/02/g.....cracy.html
It was fun while it lasted… Valentine’s Day, that is.
haha way to be boys,
http://digg.com/design/550_HQ_Nature_Wallpapers
Haven’t you guys ever heard of being “GOOGE-GOOGE-GA-GA” in love?
sheesh.
/(ok, maybe I’m reaching)
It is not a mistake they did it on purpose:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
“You may have noticed today’s Google Doodle on our homepage in celebration of romance and good food (something we consider extremely important).
When you look at the logo, you may worry that we forgot our name overnight, skipped a letter, or have decided that “Googe” has a better ring to it. None of the above. I just know that those with true romance and poetry in their soul will see the subtlety immediately. And if you’re feeling grouchy today, may I suggest eating a strawberry.
A very happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!”
Should be googie woogie
How do you miss this one?? Funny.
Mike Arrington writes about “Google” being misspelled, but spells Technorati “Technorait” in the very next article. Too funny!
I just say:
GUGE: http://googlechinablog.com/gugeflash.swf
I defintely see the “L”, stem and chocolate swirl. Come on mates, it’s obvious!