Since then, this new idea of altering the logo when celebrating notable events was born, and the Doodles progressed. You can also see that the logo was different, with an exclamation mark at the end. And this was just less than a week before it would be offically incorporated as a company. Google was very young at the time – it had only been a couple of years since the search engine had been built by these two Stanford students. They put a stick figure icon, resembling the Burning Man logo, behind the second 'O' as an 'Out Of Office' message to let users know of their absence in a fun and creative way. The first doodle was created when Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin attended the annual Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert in the United States on 30 August 1998.

When you click on the Doodle animation you can find more information about that specific topic and a little game or interaction sometimes sometimes accompanies the doodle. They highlight world issues, major historical events, worldwide holidays, local celebrations, anniversaries and important figures' brithdays (including pioneers, artists, and scientists) along with their contributions to society. But more often that not, they are very creative and artistic expressions. These Doodles range from small, simple and temporary alterations to the traditional logo.

On many occassions the logo will be different and accompanied by what's called a Doodle. When you land on the page, right above the search box, you'll see Google's logo. People conduct billions of searches every day. The homepage for the Google Search engine is the most viewed webpage in the world.

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