25 Years of Google: Google turns 25 today and is celebrating its anniversary with a quirky doodle on the homepage today. There is a GIF on the homepage that very smoothly transitions between all the old logos. The GIF ends with the current logo of Google with the two ‘o’s replaced with the number 25.
It was officially established on September 27, 1988. The journey of Google began when Sergert Brin and Larry Page were doctoral students and met at Stanford University’s computer science program in the late 1990s, claimed the tech giant in a blog.
They made efforts to make the World Wide Web more accessible to the public and they were also indulged in the development of a prototype for an enhanced search engine. The blog also mentioned that the duo started the work from their dorm rooms and later shifted to a rented garage – eventually becoming Google’s first office.
“A fair amount of transformations have happened since 1998, which also includes our logo displayed in today’s Doodle. Nevertheless, our core mission has remained unwavering: to organize the world’s information and ensure it’s accessible and beneficial to all. Google has become an integral part of the lives of billions worldwide, facilitating search, connection, work, play, and so much more. We extend our gratitude to you for evolving alongside us over the past 25 years, and we eagerly anticipate the future’s exciting prospects together,” the post expressed.
The concept of the Doodle originated when the company’s founders sought to signify their absence at the Burning Man festival in Nevada prior to the company’s inception. The inaugural Doodle featured a stick figure drawing positioned behind the second ‘o’ in ‘Google,’ humorously conveying the founders’ “out of office” status.
Subsequently, Dennis Hwang, an intern at the time, who later assumed the role of Google’s official doodler, was tasked with creating a Doodle for Bastille Day in 2000, which was warmly embraced by users. From that point onward, Google embarked on a journey of producing diverse Doodles. To date, Google’s team of illustrators and engineers has crafted over 5,000 of these artistic representations.
