As they have done in the past, Google is showing rainbows on the search results for LGBT-related queries this pride season such as [gay], [lesbian], [bisexual], [transgender], [sf pride], etc.

google.com/#q=gay

This is awesome. Way to go, Google.

I'm not seeing it, but it sounds awesome. Screenshot?

I'm seeing this (there is a line in colors of gay flag). Looks awesome and is really a nice gesture.

For more about Google and gay community go to an interview I did two years ago for Google Blogoscoped – http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-06-18-n44.html

Yuk, sorry. A bro is a bro, not a sex pet.

is this colored line is always there for this request, or is it here for a special event? Any gay pride event this week?

http://web4.twitpic.com/img/13087646-a1e6c6781f9fd0fef05b2e47c3daadfa.4a3b75b1-scaled.png http://twitpic.com/7sihq

Thank you, faggot :-P

Hey, you're the French one :P

Now it's not showing anymore... The Twitpic link will still work though :D

it still work here http://209.85.229.132/search?q=gay

and first news result is "Brüno" lol

Encouraging you to search for lesbians: Yet another reason to use Google :P

Hahaha, nice!

Google Gayglers logo,
http://www.websonic.nl/googledoodles/images/doodle_gayglers.jpg

drtimofey
lol @ sex pet. Not to be offensive, but I wonder if English is your first language.

http://twitter.com/google/statuses/2242901147

Still I think Homosexual peoples are sick and should be treated at professional Medical level not with SF Pride

If there is anyone who is sick in this world Polla, it's people like you...

I think it's a good gesture

I'm not gay, why would someone else being gay impact me? I support the movement, but can we please not turn this into a discussion about gay rights? (Something I've just become guilty of :P)

> I wonder if editorial engagement in supposedly
> neutral-and-automated-as-possible result pages
> is the right way to go

Philipp may have a good point, but I do not remember this concern during similar treatment of winter holidays.
http://blogoscoped.com/forum/118605.html

I don't see a problem with it, it's not like they're changing search results for this? And like George said, they do the same/similar thing for Holidays...

> I wonder if editorial engagement in supposedly
> neutral-and-automated-as-possible result pages
> is the right way to go

Right. How changing colour of several pixels in graphic of results page counts as engagement in neutrality of results?!?

And George R gave a good point...

I'm not sure about Google expressing it's support for Mondrian on the homepage!

How can it remain unbiased in results with such blatent support for Neo-Plasticism!

That, was amazing Mr Moo!

> Philipp may have a good point, but I do not
> remember this concern during similar treatment
> of winter holidays.

Yes, because those are ads, and ads are editorially guided by definition, as there are detailed content policies (https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/adwords/select/contentpolicy.html) – as you will notice, I also voiced no concern when Google put rainbow colored stripes on *ads*: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-17-n27.html

I do however voice concern when there's editorializing outside of the ad disclosure (like http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-12-20-n55.html to name just one of many) or when the ads are giving Google special advantages (as Google once claimed their own ads were managed under the same guidelines as those by other AdWords advertisers, and I think we should take them by their own word).

> I'm not sure about Google expressing it's support for
> Mondrian on the homepage!

Google only ever claimed that their *result pages* are free of their editorializing (I'm paraphrasing, there's many different ways they had put it), I can't remember that being said about their homepage (there's editorial links promoted on the homepage almost all the time these days)... so as I mentioned in the post, a homepage doodle might be an all different thing.

> Right. How changing colour of several pixels in graphic
> of results page counts as engagement in neutrality
> of results?!?

You may say it's only a *minor* engagement, and I fully agree. I don't believe I said anything different, like that it would be a huge change. I think it's a gray area, and editorializing may come in many little steps... including undisclosed special promotions (http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n41.html) or "tips" (http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-12-20-n55.html).

The point may be much clearer if Google were to highlight or promote something that you were *against* – as I and many of you believe promoting gay pride/ awareness is a good thing, we may not see this as clearly.