Google stands first in line to mark celebrations around the World and you should have guessed it by now-Yes today marks the beginning of Beijing Olympics and as you should see on the ‘Google’ homepage,a redesign of their logo to celebrate the occasion along with the World.

Here is the logo that stands on Google homepage:

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics is set to start from 08:08:08 today i.e., the 8th of August,2008(8/8/08).This day has great importance for the Chinese as they consider 8 as their lucky number.

And finally the wait is over!!.

Google updated the page rank of the websites and it’s time for you to check whether your sites received a boost in ranking or not….

Here are some resources to check your site’s page rank:

http://prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php

http://pr.blogflux.com/index2.php

There is no end for the search for innovation and skills.And at Google,where handling fame it has gained over the years is a great problem,search for the talent is the main fun.

Google holds competitions for programmers round the calender and it’s time another-Google Code Jam.

Google code jam is an oppurtunity for programmers-both experienced and budding to show case their skills and get some exposure to real world programming environment.And,what more,you can also win some cash for your efforts.

Read more about Google Code Jam here.

Register soon for the oppurtunity.Deadline for registration is 11PM GMT,16th July.

4th of July is a special day for America.It was on this day in 1776 that the Americans claimed Independence from the British Empire.

Gradually, America grew as a Super Power and was also tagged “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave“.

This day also called “The Glorious fourth” is celebrated with great joy ,with fireworks,throughout the nation.

Google,which has it’s base and back in America,to no one’s wonder changed it’s regular logo to remember the occasion.

Here is the logo that adored the Google’s homepage on July 4th,2008 !!.

If you didn’t notice this change,don’t worry !!.This is only viewable for Google users of America.

Happy “The Fourth of July”, America !!.

Today is the Father’s day (third Sunday of June in U.S.A & several other countries) and Google,as it does with any other special day,has changed it’s logo observe “Father’s Day”.

Happy Father’s Day Daddy !!!.

If you have missed out on the recent Google logos,here they are:

June 4th Logo:
The above logo adored Google’s home page on the occasion of launch of the first ever hot balloon!!.

June 6th Logo:

The above logo was put to remember Diego Velázquez’s birthday, who was born on June 6, 1599. Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV.

Happy viewing!!!.

Google took up a change that was quite unexpected:A change in their favicon!.

Though Google has been bringing up those unexpected services,no one really expected them to change their favicon.They have been preserving their old favicon since their launch and this is their first change!.The old favicon has an uppercase ‘G’?(blue on white) while the new one has a lowercase ‘g’(purple on white).

You see the new Google favicon here:

If you have no idea what a favicon is,then this is for you:
A favicon stands for a “favorite icon” and it is a small 16 x 16 pixel image that appears before the URL in the address bar and on the TABS of the browser.It’s a characteristic of a website.

Gmail,Orkut,Blogger retain their old favicons.

Time to discuss about another Google logo!.Excited aren’t you?

Google today released a logo to celebrate the First Conquest of the Mount Everest!. On May 29th,1953 Edmund Hillary along with Tenzing Norgay made the historic ascent to the tallest mountain in the World.

Google,as it normally does,observed the 55th anniversary of the historic event by decorating their homepage with the following logo.

Thanks to them,I have been memorizing my history lessons..:p

The Doodle 4 Google contest we talked about earlier was won by Grace Moon,a 12-year old girl from Canyon Middle School,California !.

The logo shown is the logo she designed:so beautiful isn’t it?.Wow I really love this!.

Here is the description of her logo in her own words:

Up in the Clouds

My doodle, “Up in the Clouds,”
expresses a world in the sky. This new world is clean and fresh, and
people are social and enlightened. Every person here is treated as
family no matter who they are. The bright sun heats this ideal place
with warmth, love, and brightens everyone’s day.

Her logo adored the Google homepage on 22nd May and she also won the following prizes:

1. A $10,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of her choice.

 

2. A trip to the Googleplex on May 21, 2008.

 

3. A $25,000 grant towards the improvement of the computer lab of her school-Canyon Middle School.

 

4. A laptop computer.

 

5. A t-shirt with her Google Doodle printed on it.

Congrats to her and thanks for creating such a beautiful logo…:)

Go anywhere on web and I am sure you will not miss out on the popular Google contests.From Google Summer of Code(GSoC) to the latest Doogle4Goodle contest,Google always stands up to encourage talent and urges the young generation to show some creativity!.

Come 22nd May and you will see a new Google logo decorating it’s homepage!.And you might have guessed it already-it’s the winning logo in the Doodle4Google contest!.

In this contest,U.S residing K-12 students were asked to redesign the Google logo based on the “What if….” theme.Users around the world were allowed to vote for the most appealing logo but unfortunately,the deadline was over and what’s left is the announcement of the winner !!.

So,don’t get surprised with the new Google logo tomorrow!.

For further details,switch over to Doodle 4 Google page.