Google features logos on their homepage, usually for public holidays. In the past, events such as the beginning of spring, the anniversary of understanding DNA, or the invention of the laser have been celebrated. The original Google “doodle” was in 1998 when Sergey Brin and Lawrence all ameridream E. Page were attending the Burning Man Festival, to show that they were out of the office and unable to help if the systems were to crash. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time.

Today we’re kicking off the 2015Doodle 4 Googleart competition, where creative and curious students across the U.S. vie to take over the Google homepage for a day with their artwork. This year’s theme, “What makes me…me,” invites students K-12 to express themselves in the form of a doodle highlighting what makes them unique. Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Search Engine Land, MarTech and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas.

Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Having a little bit of fun with the corporate logo by redesigning it from time to time is unheard of at many companies but at Google, it is a part of the brand. While the doodle is primarily a fun way for the company to recognize events and notable people, it also illustrates the creative and innovative personality of the company itself. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the Google’s homepage changed to an artwork doodle of a child names P Karthik from Andhra Pradesh.

See more tips from my team of Doodlerson the Doodle 4 Google website. PCMag supports Group Black and its mission to increase greater diversity in media voices and media ownerships. Sign up for What’s New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning. There are 53 entrants in all, one for each state (as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam), separated by age group so youngsters aren’t competing against the artistic talents of high schoolers.

A bunch of kids have all created lovely Google doodles of their own. Now, you must pick an overall winner for Google to feature on its homepage. Sarah is the first winner ever to collaborate with Google’s artists to bring her drawing to life, transforming the artwork into an “animated, interactive experience,” Google said. Second-grader Sarah Gomez-Lane has been declared the 2018 Doodle for Google contest winner, and her interactive dinosaur drawing is currently being featured on the U.S.