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Google marked its 25th anniversary with a special doodle on its homepage, showcasing the evolution of its logos over the years. The current logo features the number ’25’ replacing the letter ‘o’s.
Established on September 27, 1998, Google’s journey began with doctoral students Sergey Brin and Larry Page at Stanford University. Their mission was to make the World Wide Web more accessible, leading them to develop a prototype for an improved search engine. Initially operating from their dorm rooms, they later set up their first office in a rented garage.
While much has evolved since 1998, including the logo showcased in the doodle, Google’s core mission remains unchanged: to organize the world’s information and ensure its universal accessibility and usefulness. Billions of users globally rely on Google for search, connectivity, work, play, and more.
The concept of doodles emerged from the founders’ desire to signify their presence at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert prior to the company’s inception. The inaugural doodle featured a stick figure behind the second ‘o’ in Google, humorously indicating the founders were “out of office”.
Dennis Hwang, an intern at the time, later became Google’s official doodler and was tasked with creating a doodle for Bastille Day in 2000, which received positive feedback from users. Since then, Google has continued to produce an array of doodles. To date, the company’s team of illustrators and engineers have crafted over 5,000 unique doodles.
