Top Ten Google Doodles of 2009

6- Apollo 11 Landing

Back on July 12, Google chose to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with one of its doodles. A little bit difficult to discern, but if you look closely, you will see that  "Google" is spelled out in the pattern of the craters on the lunar surface, with the L created by the footprints leading to the Eagle landing.

7- Michael Jackson

On August 29, on the 51st Birthday of Michael Jackson, this doodle was created in memory of the famous Pop Star's recent passing.

8- H.G.Wells

Google admitted that their September postings of three related doodles displaying UFOs and crop fields in its logo were designed to mark the 143rd birthday of author HG Wells birthday. However the cryptic reveal of each new doodle was introduced purposely as a puzzle and over the course of 16 days many of us had no idea what they actually meant. For a complete explanation of the meaning behind each doodle, take a look at Google's official blogpost.

9- Confusius

September 28th marked the birthdate of Confusius which was celebrated with a custom Google Doodle in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, China and many more countries around the world. In my research, I couldn't determine if it was ever visible in the States? (Perhaps readers, you might  know a source for this?)

10- Google's 11th Anniversary

Perhaps most fitting to end this Top Ten list is to feature Google's tributes of tributes  - to Google itself!. In this instance, Google 'doodled' itself on the eve of their 11th year anniversary. The search giant's name appeared with an extra letter "L" on its home page, a modification that did not escape the notice of the Internet. Within hours of the new logo going live, "why is Google spelt wrong" and "why does Google have two Ls" were two of the most popular search phrases on the Web.

For more on Google's 11th annivesary doodle, see my previous blog, "What the "L" Is Going On With Googlle."



If this post has tickled your fancy and you would like to learn more about Google's 100s of doodles, head over to their Google's Logo Page for a complete rundown over the years dating all the way back to its inception in 1998.

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Happy Doodling!