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Happy Holidays Doodle 2009

George R [PersonRank 10]

Monday, December 21, 2009
14 years ago5,758 views

2009-12-21
"Happy Holidays from Google!"
http://www.google.com/logos/holidays-2009.html
12-21 http://www.google.com/logos/holiday09_1.gif

Below is a guess of the images through 2009-12-25

12-22 http://www.google.com/logos/holiday09_2.gif
12-23 http://www.google.com/logos/holiday09_3.gif
12-24 http://www.google.com/logos/holiday09_4.gif
12-25 http://www.google.com/logos/holiday09_5.gif

[changed title ~ hebbet]

JEShack [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

DoodleWatch haven't indexed this logo yet.
People = 1 :: Machine = 0

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

To bad for Doodlewatch, Doodlesource has the logo already.

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

YouTube:
http://s.ytimg.com/yt/img/logo_solstice-vfl138400.png

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Is there a size limitation on this forum, all of those GIF previews don't work.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

The blank ones haven't been uploaded yet. George has just taken a guess at the URLs of the remaining Doodles.

hebbet [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

[put at-character here]Juha the logos are not yet online.

Google Fail:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2zydgup.png
see google.com/logos

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

From Bing.com:

http://www.bing.com/fd/hpk2/winter_ROW3611258492.jpg

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Yahoo! has got a Flash animation, very nice too

hebbet [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

yahoo

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/mntl/ww/events/mh/us/yahoo/091220/320x85ymh.swf

YoUTube's logo is not for xmas, it is for winter solstice

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Yes indeed! Also Bing I think is for winter solstice.

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I was not aware that linking to Flash objects is possible here too...

hebbet [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

today doodlewatch was faster. 1:1

George R [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

A vertical strip of trim appears in the SERP next to the ads for some search terms. For the term "Christmas" there is a strip of colored light bulbs. In past years the trim varied with search terms.

www.google.com/images/icons/xmas_2009.gif

http://www.google.com/search?q=christmas&num=1

2008 http://blogoscoped.com/forum/146822.html#id146832
2007 http://blogoscoped.com/forum/118605.html#id118656
2005 http://blogoscoped.com/forum/14864.html
2005 http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2005-12-16.html#n29

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I'm not seeing it yet. It was announced here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-week-in-search-112709.html

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I'm seeing it with hidemyass.com for christmas and hanukkah.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_J7sG-Fm0a5Q/SzHgRYAXZgI/AAAAAAAAB4w/x4RpzmRwHT0/s912/hanukkah.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_J7sG-Fm0a5Q/SzHgRu3hzKI/AAAAAAAAB40/cDjp4z3_c60/s912/christmas.jpg

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

There is a debate between the christians who prefer "Merry Christmas" and the other who prefer "Happy Hollidays".
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/021393.html

In your local culture, do you prefer one or the other ? or you don't care ?

Here in France, there is no real difference between "Joyeux Noël" and "Joyeuses Fêtes", and I think many non-christian people can say "Merry christmas" without any problem.

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I´ve noticed that too, but personally I don´t care. Here in the Netherlands Fijne feestdagen (Happy Holidays in Dutch) Prettige kerstdagen (Merry Christmas) both are and can be used so far I know. I've never heard a discussion like that here, I think people nag to much,

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

[put at-character here]hebbet: Thanks, and it appears that a picture www.google.com/logos/holiday09_3 dot gif listed here works now.

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

These doodles are global and Alt texts have been translated too:

http://www.google.fi/logos/holiday09_3.gif

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Auch: (via http://www.autocompleteme.com/)

http://autocompleteme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/129059583412636461.jpg

http://autocompleteme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/129055399121845470.jpg

Sam Davyson [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I like this holiday doodle a lot. I think that having the text kind of in the pictures is really cleverly done :)

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

http://www.google.com/analytics/hc/images/2009-ga-holiday-card-email.png

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