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September 6, 2007

When Will Google Celebrate Their 9th Birthday This Year?

Google's 9th birthday can be as early as tomorrow or we can wait until September 27th to celebrate it. Why can it be on the 7th or the 27th?

Well, although we have documented their birthday to be on both those days:

Last year Google changed their FAQ on When is Google's birthday? to read:

Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake. For more on Google's history: http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html

So the big question is when will Google feel like having a cake?

We have more on this from out 2005 article named Google Celebrates Floating Birthdays.

Any ideas on logos? I bet it has a nine in it. I know, that is a huge bet.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS
WHERE IS THE PARTY
PUT SOME GOOD COMPETITION ON YOUR WEB SITE
SHOW TO THE WORLD ITS GOOOOOOOOOGLE'S BDAY

TAke CAre
Aslam

 

Posted by Muhammad Aslam Sarwar at September 26, 2007 23:51

YES happy birthday to google

 

Posted by Raffi at September 26, 2007 23:53

YEI... ANIVERSARY..!
YUREMROJAS.COM

 

Posted by HDEZ at September 26, 2007 23:57

hey ur birth made a revolution and is helping alot of people..with out u this world cannot live..so u have to celebrate these types of b'days more..

 

Posted by chaitanya at September 27, 2007 00:05

oh hi im so sad someone broke my bike!
please help me google

 

Posted by hiiiiii at September 27, 2007 00:15

Happy Birthday Google. Have a nice day

 

Posted by malathy at September 27, 2007 00:25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

Posted by ryan at September 27, 2007 00:38

Happy Birthday GOOGLE. U are simple great. WIthout u, we are nothing!

 

Posted by Shweta at September 27, 2007 00:50

logo looked like something chinese

 

Posted by m1t0s1s at September 27, 2007 00:50

Have a great birthday google ..........

 

Posted by Pankaj Singh at September 27, 2007 00:51

Happy Birthday google...........

 

Posted by Pankaj Singh at September 27, 2007 00:53

happy birthday

 

Posted by Shweta at September 27, 2007 00:54

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...!

 

Posted by KINJAL at September 27, 2007 00:55

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...!

 

Posted by KINJAL at September 27, 2007 00:59

i hope you guys know that people use your invention as a verb.
thats a big thing.
give yourselves a pat on the back!!!

happy 9th!
Peace

 

Posted by rita at September 27, 2007 00:59

Happy Birth day google! Have a nice year!

 

Posted by Rajkumar at September 27, 2007 01:00

Happy Birth day google! Have a nice year!

 

Posted by Rajkumar at September 27, 2007 01:01

Happy Birth day google! from Merida yucatan Mexico

 

Posted by jorge at September 27, 2007 01:02

Happy Birth Day Google on your 9th birthday

 

Posted by Rajkumar Chhabra at September 27, 2007 01:02

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE. YOUR GETTING OLD!

 

Posted by jlo at September 27, 2007 01:17

A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AN INVISIBLE......BT A WORLD WIDE VISIBLE ACCONT MEANS WEBSITE ON NET..................................ITS VERY HELPFUL & HELP TO SEARCH ALL THE INFORMATION ..... I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE LOTS OF BEST WISHES ......TO ALL THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO ARE MAINTAINING THIS WEBSITE VERY WELL........ AND THIS NOT A ANNIVERSARY OF GOOGLE ONLY......ITS A BIRTHDAY OF ALL THE PEOPLE.......WHO R WORKING THERE.....*************************************"""""""""""""""""""""*******************************

 

Posted by Alka Sharma at September 27, 2007 01:18

Happy birthday Google - I rarely go a full day withough "googling" something! Thank you for providing such a wonderful tool to the public!

 

Posted by Miss Ann at September 27, 2007 01:31

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE!!! CANT WAIT TO WORK FOR YOU!

 

Posted by Brian at September 27, 2007 01:33

Happy birthday Google - I rarely go a full day withough "googling" something! Thank you for providing such a wonderful tool to the public!
I'd like to add that I recently wrote a marketing research paper on the Google Doodle - Kudos to the artists that make Google FUN!

 

Posted by Miss Ann at September 27, 2007 01:33

Happy birthday Google - I rarely go a full day withough "googling" something! Thank you for providing such a wonderful tool to the public!
I'd like to add that I recently wrote a marketing research paper on the Google Doodle - Kudos to the artists who make Google FUN!

 

Posted by Miss Ann at September 27, 2007 01:35

HaPpY BiRtHdAy Google. Whitout touching you can't pass a day. Not only Gmail all your services and features are simply great. Carry on...
Thanks
Shabbir

 

Posted by Shabbir at September 27, 2007 01:43

Nice yıllara ... (TurKey)
Happy Birthday GoogLe ...

 

Posted by Fatih at September 27, 2007 01:43

Happy birthday Google......Cant Live Without google.

 

Posted by shoaib memon at September 27, 2007 01:46

.................................................many many happy return the day........................

 

Posted by siyadh at September 27, 2007 01:56

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE

 

Posted by Anantha Prasad at September 27, 2007 01:58

Google rocks
please do remember me while celebrating
hahahhha

 

Posted by SRIRAM the super boy at September 27, 2007 02:07

hey,happy birth day dud. I'm very for u.
Love you

 

Posted by Diana at September 27, 2007 02:09

.................................................many many happy return of the day........................

 

Posted by siyadh at September 27, 2007 02:09

Happy Birthday Google,live life forever

 

Posted by Ramesh at September 27, 2007 02:10

Happy belated birthday google!
You are simply the best...

 

Posted by Henry at September 27, 2007 02:10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE...BEST WISHES ......TO ALL THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO ARE MAINTAINING THIS WEBSITE VERY WELL

 

Posted by Hussain Bathusha at September 27, 2007 02:15

Happy birthday google........where is the party

 

Posted by bala at September 27, 2007 02:16

Happy Birthday...Eagerly waiting for some advancements

 

Posted by pasupathy at September 27, 2007 02:19

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE.........
SHOW THE WORLD WHERE THE PARTY IS...

 

Posted by D.Mayor at September 27, 2007 02:25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE....

 

Posted by Mayor at September 27, 2007 02:28

jeetay raho google paah gee

google is the best website...!

 

Posted by usman sham at September 27, 2007 02:32

kya baat hai ...!

taraqi ka naya saal mubarik

 

Posted by usman shamim at September 27, 2007 02:34

Congratulation 4 completing glorious Nine years.
Best wishes for Birthday.

 

Posted by Abhijit at September 27, 2007 02:35

Happy Birthday Google

 

Posted by Sujit Kumar Mandal at September 27, 2007 02:37

may u progress leaps and bounds.

now what is the new advancement , dear...!

 

Posted by usman shamim at September 27, 2007 02:38

happy birthday and thank you for everything ,I found on your website

 

Posted by firsty at September 27, 2007 02:46

yo google happy birthday

thank you love u my web

 

Posted by farm@house at September 27, 2007 02:46

happy b'day google. i canot think of a day, without you. You r sun among lesser stars!

 

Posted by priyanka chakrabarty at September 27, 2007 02:48

Happy Birthday...GOOGLE!!!.

You are wonderful. Thanks for open my view and support on many information...
Let's go to the party then!!! :D

 

Posted by Pum at September 27, 2007 02:58

Thanks google
Happy Birthday
Long Live.............

 

Posted by suma at September 27, 2007 03:07

La multi Ani GOOGLE...

 

Posted by rusu Daniel at September 27, 2007 03:08

LA MULTI ANI GOOGLE..!!!! YUPPPPPPY

 

Posted by rusu Daniel at September 27, 2007 03:08

9th birth of google
Happy Birthday Google,live life forever.

 

Posted by Amrit Baral at September 27, 2007 03:14

Many More Happy Returns Of The Day TO Goole 9th BirthDay

 

Posted by poornima at September 27, 2007 03:18

Happy Birth Day Google!

You are really great Google. You have done very well. You are mine ever fren.
Happy Birthday again
Gagan

 

Posted by Gagan at September 27, 2007 03:20

(party)

 

Posted by DeSkA at September 27, 2007 03:26

Happy Birthday Google........
Google mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" [:)]
Congratts!! for your 8 years of success...
Palak

 

Posted by Palak at September 27, 2007 03:30

Happy Birthday,keep up d good work,dont get 2 drunk!!!

 

Posted by john at September 27, 2007 03:32

Happy Birthday Google........
Google mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
Congratts!! for such gr8 success...
Palak

 

Posted by Palak at September 27, 2007 03:34

happy the birhtdays google

 

Posted by NeHad at September 27, 2007 03:39

this happy moment weshare with u

 

Posted by mikdadchenakkel at September 27, 2007 03:40

this happy moment we share with u

 

Posted by mikdadchenakkel at September 27, 2007 03:41

Happy Birthday Google........
Google mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
Congratts!! for such gr8 success...
Palak

 

Posted by Palak at September 27, 2007 03:45

happy brithday do you google

 

Posted by rahimm at September 27, 2007 03:48

Ha den äran Google! (Happy Birthday Google!)

 

Posted by Johan Lang at September 27, 2007 04:02

Happy B'Day google.
Tatry ny tsingerintaona faha 9 Google.

 

Posted by DotMG at September 27, 2007 04:10

Many More Happy Returns Of The Day TO Goole 9th BirthDay. by s.sivasankar

 

Posted by s.sivasankar at September 27, 2007 04:19

Many More Happy Returns Of The Day TO Goole 9th BirthDay. by s.sivasankar (vellore)

 

Posted by s.sivasankar at September 27, 2007 04:24

Many many Happy Birthday Google.
Today is one of my friend Dipti's Birthday, So I never forget your Birthday.

 

Posted by Jignasa at September 27, 2007 04:28

Happy Bithday Google....
May your all dreams of satisfying users in your way msy come true..............

 

Posted by Megha J at September 27, 2007 04:43

Many Many Happy Returns of the Great day. have a Blessed Birthday.....you all are a wonderfull and awesome Team ==> .......Google....... :-)

 

Posted by Jimmy at September 27, 2007 04:50

Happy birthday Google.
My life is becoming much nicer under your help.

 

Posted by Julian at September 27, 2007 04:59

Happy birthday Google.
My life is becoming much nicer under your help.

 

Posted by Julian at September 27, 2007 05:00

Happy birthday to Google

 

Posted by sivakumar at September 27, 2007 05:03

Happy Birthday to Google and my best wished to Google team members.
-shanmugam

 

Posted by Shanmugam at September 27, 2007 05:10

GO GO GO GOOGLE...ITZ YA B'DAY....

 

Posted by kiran at September 27, 2007 05:16

HAPPY BIRTH DAY GOOOGLE. WITH U MY WORK WILL BE INCOMPLETE. IN THIS OCCATION I WANT TO THANK ALL GOOGLE PEOPLE.WITHOUT WHOM IT WILL NOT REACHE THIS EXTENT.

 

Posted by Maruthi Joshi at September 27, 2007 05:18

happy birthday google!I really like your site very much.I think it is the best site in the world.

 

Posted by abhishek gupta at September 27, 2007 05:37

Many many happy returns of the day Google

 

Posted by abhishek gupta at September 27, 2007 05:41

hey

happy b'day dear google. u are always there for everything we want and never want anything in return like a mother love ya

 

Posted by Ritu at September 27, 2007 05:45

happy birthday to you google.have a wonderful party

 

Posted by abhishek gupta at September 27, 2007 05:47

happy birthday to you google.have a wonderful party

 

Posted by abhishek gupta at September 27, 2007 05:47

happy birthday Google!Have a wonderful party.

 

Posted by abhishek gupta at September 27, 2007 05:49

Happy Birthday

 

Posted by Sunil at September 27, 2007 05:50

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE YOU ARE BEST

 

Posted by mitar at September 27, 2007 05:54

OMFG>............................ YOU ARE ALL SAD GITS. WTF U POST "HAPPY BDAY GOOGLEM" FOR U INBREDS

 

Posted by OMFG.. at September 27, 2007 06:02

Happy Birthday google, serving the world, long life

 

Posted by hima at September 27, 2007 06:02

many happy returns of the day google....

 

Posted by vedanga at September 27, 2007 06:04

Lekker verjaar, Google!!

 

Posted by niel de vaal at September 27, 2007 06:11

happy b'day

 

Posted by venkateshwaran at September 27, 2007 06:16

Happy Birthday to you...Google...
No Software Professionals in the world without you...Long Live My favorite Google...

 

Posted by Jayaprakash at September 27, 2007 06:26

GOOGLE ROCKS!!! Nothing else better than surfing Google!

 

Posted by pippyD. at September 27, 2007 06:41

GOOGLE ROCKS!!! Nothing else better than surfing Google!

 

Posted by pippyD. at September 27, 2007 06:42

HappY BirThDay :D

 

Posted by besar at September 27, 2007 06:50

happy birthday to google

 

Posted by darkcaos at September 27, 2007 06:59

Hai Google Wish You HAPPY Birthday

 

Posted by Raghu at September 27, 2007 07:13

MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY DEAR GOOGLE............

 

Posted by Binu at September 27, 2007 07:23

Happy birthday Google!

 

Posted by Oli at September 27, 2007 07:40

happy birthday google
even though sometimes i dnt get the information on ur site tht ia m luking for my computing course
have a good day today!!!!!!!!!

 

Posted by Ash at September 27, 2007 07:45

yahoo is better

 

Posted by osama at September 27, 2007 07:56

happy birthday google
wish u a very long and prosperous life

 

Posted by abhinav jain at September 27, 2007 07:57

A very happy Birthday Dear Google.
U have done a great job for us all.

 

Posted by madhusmita at September 27, 2007 08:06

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE YOU R THE GREAT.

 

Posted by RAJESH at September 27, 2007 08:08

Happy birthday Google!
Thanks for making this world a better, if not easier, place to be in.

 

Posted by Eugene at September 27, 2007 08:22

Happy Birthday, Google! Thanks for the many happy returns you've given us over the past 9 years! :-)

 

Posted by Robyn at September 27, 2007 09:53

The logo is a piñata in the form of a #9 with candies pouring out from it. HAPPY B-DAY GOOGLE!

 

Posted by Tamara at September 27, 2007 10:44

Happy Birthday , Google! Thanks for the images for the past years and for the researches thanks for everything!

 

Posted by jasmin at September 27, 2007 10:51

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!! Many more to come.......
Well done

 

Posted by Krish at September 27, 2007 11:13

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE!!! I LOVE YOUR SITE!

 

Posted by Lois at September 27, 2007 14:48

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