Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media
Jane Austen Google Doodle The 16th December 2010 saw the Google Doodle team pay tribute to what would have been the 235th birthday of one of England’s finest female novelist. The author in question was Jane Austen. The Jane Austen Google Doodle featured the Google logo placed on a traditional […]
Charles Darwin 200th Birthday Google Doodle Visitors to the Google homepage on February 12th 2009, found that the search engine’s traditional logo had been temporarily replaced by a Charles Darwin Google Doodle. The Charles Darwin Google Doodle depicted a watercolour styled sketch, which depicted cliffs, grass and the sea. In addition […]
Oscar Wilde Google Doodle On Saturday 16th October 2010 the Google logo on the home page was taken over by an Oscar Wilde Google Doodle. The search engine celebrated what would have been his 156th birthday with a Oscar Wilde Google Doodle. The author famously wrote that “illusion is the […]
Robert Louis Stevenson Google Doodle November 13th 2010 saw the Google homepage pay tribute, through a doodle, to the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson. The Robert Louis Stevenson Google Doodle celebrated what would have been the author’s 160th birthday. Stevenson remains a greatly admired author, […]
Wallace And Gromit Google Doodle On November 4th 2009, the Google homepage was taken over by a Wallace and Gromit Google Doodle celebrating the 20th birthday of the loveable characters. Whilst the Wallace and Gromit Google Doodle did not appear globally, it appeared in a diverse range of countries spanning from […]
Charles Dickens Google Doodle Google celebrated what would have been the 200th birthday of the author of such iconic works as “Oliver Twist”, “A Christmas Carol” and “Great Expectations”, with a Charles Dickens Google Doodle. The Charles Dickens Google Doodle was created by the talented doodler, Mike Dutton. The Charles Dickens […]
HG Wells Google Doodle To celebrate what would have been the 143rd birthday of novelist H G Wells, Google embarked on a series of extra-terrestrial themed HG Wells Google Doodles. The first of which appeared on the Google homepage on September 5th 2009. The HG Wells Google Doodle featured a flying […]
Franz Kafka Google Doodle On July 3rd 2013, the Google Doodle team played tribute to what would have been the 130th birthday of one of the finest nineteenth century, European authors, Franz Kafka. The Franz Kafka Google Doodle displayed a scene from Kafka’s Metamorphosis. The tale behind the Franz Kafka Google […]
Asterix Google Doodle On October 29th 2009 the Google homepage featured an Asterix Google Doodle celebrating the 50th anniversary of the popular children’s comic Asterix and Obelix. In the Asterix Google Doodle, Asterix was shown punching a Roman soldier through the Google logo, whilst Obelix was shown carrying a pile […]
Mark Twain Google Doodle On November 30th 2011, the Google doodle team created a Mark Twain Google Doodle to celebrate what would have been the 174th birthday of one of America’s greatest novelists. The doodler responsible for the Mark Twain Google Doodle task was Google’s exceptionally talented Jennifer Hom. In […]