Google Feels the heat with new Doodle
My day always starts with Google and today I saw a new logo ( normally referred to as Google Doodle) sitting on the front page of Google. Google is so notoriously famous for designing the logo based upon an ocassion. Hovering the mouse on the Google logo showed as First Day of Summer. I was curious to know what exactly is the First day of Summer and why that Logo is sitting on Google. I was totally ignorant of the term First day of Summer until I did some research to make myself aware of it.
The First Day of Summer is the day when the summer begin. In United states and rest of the Northern hemisphere the summer of 2008 begins at 20th June. This is the day of the year when the sun is the farthest North. It is basically called as the Summer Solstice and the name of the image represented by Google Doodle says the same. When we take the whole world into account the summer starts at different period in different regions. Like it starts on March 21st in India and on 21st December in Australia. So there is not an official first day of summer like New Year’s Day or Christmas day. The First day of Summer wherever it be, is the longest day of the year.
My Argument on this Doodle:
Google has different domain for different countries, so why they still make the doodle ( for an occassion which is not celebrated worldwide ) appear for all the domains of Google. Like when I type google.com in my browser and hit Enter it automatically takes me to google.co.in page (though the look and feel is same but I am served from a different server of Google, correct me please if I am wrong in my understanding). Then Google can better keep the doodle in the domain of the region the occasion is meant for. It makes no practical sense for someone in India or Australia to see the First Day of Summer Doodle when they are in Rainy season or Winter.
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Comment by Digitalmail on 21 June 2008:
Yes you are right right now this is totally different from indian season . Many states are filled with rain water and they are showing summer images . I think google hyderabad office is still in summers .
Comment by Mobile Blog on 1 July 2008:
I also agree with you atleast google must follow the principle of “Globalization”. Google seem to come up with unique logos but it is forgetting the “Global Phenomena”.
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Comment by Bape on 5 July 2008:
Hi you are right. Google is mostly set up for th US market unfortunately. Like other things they beleive it is superior. They need to recognize other countries also
Comment by hdmi on 10 July 2008:
wow, i nevere realized the image was universal over seperate domains
Comment by lottozahlen on 17 July 2008:
Well, yes… what can you expect? At the end of the day, you can’t satisfy everybody.
Comment by Margaret on 2 September 2008:
The Google Xmas Doodle makes no sense anymore. It never snows during Xmas where I live. It used to, a long time ago….
Comment by Monavie on 2 September 2008:
I see what you mean…I would be pretty confused if it were winter in the US, and Google shows summer. They do seem to be mostly set up for the United States but it is like lottozahlen says…You can’t make everyone happy.
Comment by Chloe van on 12 November 2008:
I think its kind of a nice idea. When its Saint David’s day or Saint Patrick’s day or any other regional event its nice to click on the icon and find out what it actually means. You learn things about other countries that you would possibly never hear of without the global Doodle.
Comment by Forsikring on 22 January 2009:
I would be pretty confused if it were winter in the US, and Google shows summer.