that the 'l' in todays's Google header at google.co.uk is the stem of the strawberry? It isnt hard to see unless ur homer simpson.
2007-02-14 02:38:20 · 47 answers · asked by 99tzm 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
LOL! Sorry, don't mean to be rude to anyone, but I agree... although k2 has a good point when it comes to brand marketing.
2007-02-14 02:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by Wildamberhoney 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Im sorry but to be honest it isnt hard to see but so what.
Google always comes up with something for each occasion like yahoo with the Liam animations as you enter into your Bt Yahoo Mail Inbox. It might add a little touch but I think everyone will realise that after they typed in google.co.uk that they are actually in google. As the layout hasnt changed. I dont really understand what your question is. No way is it hard to see that that says google because its googles logo and its not a word that you hear used every day. Unless someone has an obsseion with google. So I dont get you...no dig at you or anything but I think you just wasted 5 points.
Guess I wont be getting the Best Answer.
2007-02-14 06:26:19 · answer #2 · answered by Vixz06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would a Google by any other name search as sweet? That's what visitors to Google.com might have asked themselves Wednesday about the puzzling ``Google Doodle'' logo on its home page.
The doodle, which substituted a chocolate-covered strawberry for the second ``g'' in the company moniker, was meant to celebrate Valentine's Day. What appeared seemed to read: ``Googe.''
Google Doodler Dennis Hwang said on the official blog: ``I just know that those with true romance and poetry in their soul will see the subtlety immediately.''
The blogosphere late Wednesday was rife with debate over what exactly the subtlety was. Some said Hwang was referring to Debbie Googe, ex-bass guitarist for the Irish alt-rock band My Bloody Valentine. Others mentioned 16th-century English poet Barnabe Googe, reputed to have written the line, ``I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.'' The simplest explanation, though, was that the strawberry's green stem was meant to form a subtle ``l.''
2007-02-14 23:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by Coco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can it be bad branding if it has caused this discussion? The very fact that people are discussing it - is the L missing, is it the strawberry - is increasing brand awareness. It is not a permanent change, so it won't have a lasting detrimental affect on the brand. We will all recognise the normal Google logo when we see it.
Good marketing!
2007-02-14 20:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by ICH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think logic has anything to do with it.
The stylised "g" is obvious enough, but the tip of the strawberry doesn't look like the missing "l" at the first sigh, and what is more is not in the right place.
So the first impression is that there is no "l" at all.
And signs and logos should be understandable at the first sight, not after a very careful consideration.
2007-02-14 04:02:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jezabeel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
K2 is absolutely right - a logo is a visual device and the whole object of the exercise is to make sure that you recognise the brand instantly and - most important - without having to stop and think about it. If your audience have to stand and stare at your logo to work out what it is and what it says, that it has failed in its job. Most people see the new temporary logo as GOOGE, and it takes a second or two to work out. Bad branding. They should have put in a single stemmed rose or a bottle of champagne, something like that.
2007-02-14 09:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by drrwalker2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
logic, to one person may well be illogical to another, its not unlike physics everything has to obey the the laws of physics, but there are exceptions to all rules for eg. the bumble Bee! accordion to the laws of physics can't fly, its body mass and wing design and span are not aerodynamically capable of flight. so if the Bee applied logic to collecting pollen, it would be walking from its hive and climbing up the stem of the flowers. I realised I have digressed a little from the question, and added a bit of wit, but it is a good question, best thing to do! is always keep an open mind. Hitler must have thought it logical to invade Poland!! so my short answer to you question is, logic can't be applied to anything with complete confidence.........
2007-02-15 01:17:31 · answer #7 · answered by bill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because our brains are wired to complete patterns, we are programmed to see what we expect to see, e.g. the word 'Google' so we complete the pattern with the strawberry forming the second 'g' and the 'l'. It's got nothing to do with logic; show a computer that image and it wouldn't make sense of it at all. It's all to do with our human brains needing to make sense of the world around us.
2007-02-14 08:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because effective branding/logo should not force the audience to think about what that logo is trying to spell out.
If the first thing you see is the word Google with the "l" missing, then it's not right, no matter how you try to rationalise it.
2007-02-16 08:14:02 · answer #9 · answered by sports6098 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the strawberry looked good maybe some would say it changed google into 'goose' but not me - i am far too logical for that
2007-02-14 04:53:27 · answer #10 · answered by TreesRGreen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,type googe.co.uk in yahoo search & see what you get.I got a surprise.Then explain the logic?
2007-02-14 22:00:55 · answer #11 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋