Happy Birthday Google!

Today, (Sept. 27) Google is 12! To celebrate, Google is sending the the whole world cake by means of a doodle on its home page! Of the many doodles on Google's homepage, this one is the second best I have seen- nothing can beat the Pacman game on the homepage. That is the first interactive Google homepage that I have seen. I would be more impressed if they had a cake with twelve candles, or an animation of the candle(s) being blown out every time that you searched something.

It isn't quite clear when exactly Google's birthday really is (read this article). I think that Google would know when its own birthday is, so this pretty effectively kills any arguments that say that their birthday is the seventh of September. Either way, at least it's been with us for a dozen years. Google has completely changed the web with all of their tools and services for all to use. What I love the most about Google is that they are still evolving, coming out with new tools and improving their existing tools. Overall, Google is transforming the internet for the better, so why not celebrate?

-Scotty