Search Logos for Inauguration Day, Did Google & Yahoo Forget?

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January 20, 2009

Search Logos for Inauguration Day, Did Google & Yahoo Forget?

Today is the day Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States of America. It is Inauguration day and this one, is more hyped up then any other inauguration I have ever witnessed.

That being said, we have logos from AOL, Live.com, DogPile and yours truely - but nothing from Google, Yahoo or Ask.com. I find it particularly interesting that Google doesn't have a special logo, knowing that the Google executives are huge Obama supporters. In any event, here are the logos I currently see, maybe Google will have a logo a bit later on.

AOL's animated logo:

Live.com's background theme:

DogPile's awesome Barack cartoon:

And our special theme:

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posted rustybrick in Search Engine Industry News at January 20, 2009 7:30 AM Comments (9)

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That's a huge faux pas, especially since both Google and Yahoo had MLK featured yesterday in their search cartoons.

Posted by Jenny at January 20, 2009 08:19

I also thought this was strange, I did the google search saying, "where is the google logo" and found this page. Because its incredibly wierd, being as google had a special logo for everything from groundhog's day to yo-yo ma's birthday. What's up google???

Posted by Garlaine at January 20, 2009 19:06

I am so glad I was not the only one that noticed this faux pas. As was mentioned earlier, the day is not over yet. I wonder if there was a hidden message behind the logo silence..Google missed it's chance to represent.

Posted by Tonya at January 20, 2009 19:33

Like others, I found this site after searching for "Inauguration" and "Google logo." To my surprise there's no logo. WTF??

Posted by Sheila at January 20, 2009 19:41

Yeah, I don't get it. I would think that since Google celebrates all other American holidays they would account for this one. Do they think that people will get offended?

Posted by julie at January 20, 2009 19:50

Very odd indeed. Especially since Google does different logos for all the major holidays. And, this one was definitely considered a holiday!

Posted by Rachel Levy at January 21, 2009 15:17

Umm, actually, Inauguration Day is not a holiday. Sorry.

However, it's true that Google has shown special logos for many smaller events, so an omission in this case is very surprising. I too found this page by Googling to find out why.

Posted by Tom at January 21, 2009 18:17

Please don't have special logos for every lame holiday when you skip this momentous day. I mean really??/! WTF!? SO ODD!!

Posted by smooey at January 22, 2009 00:37

I CANT BELIVIE GOOGLE DIDN'T PUT THE INGUARATION LOGO ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!

Posted by Sarah at January 23, 2009 15:46