Google created the first ever doodle for the Philippines today to commemorate the country’s Independence Day.
A Google doodle is a “decoration” Google makes to its logo every so often. Doodles are designed to celebrate worldwide events, anniversaries, and the lives of notable artists and scientists.
This is the first-ever Google doodle for the Philippines so we wanted to make it very classic and meaningful for Filipinos. We created a special doodle on the Google Philippines homepage for June 12, 2009 to commemorate the Philippines’ Independence Day.
Google designers used the sun with its eight rays, which represents the eight Philippine provinces that pledged their support to the revolution, and used it as the first ‘O’ in the Google logo.
“We also used red, white, and blue, the Philippines’ national colors, which stand for patriotism, equality, and justice, respectively. We also incorporated the flag’s three stars in the design, symbolizing the three major geographic regions of the country.
On behalf of Google, I wish my fellow Filipinos another century of increasing prosperity and success. Mabuhay ang Pinoy!”
- Jay Trinidad, Regional Product Marketing Manager, Consumer Products, Google Asia Pacific
Mabuhay ang Araw ng Kalayaan!
this is sooooo filipino! hehehe
but dont go too far on this or google may be sued… the historic arm of the philippines does not tolerate misuse of the flag… screw them!
hahaha
Yeah.. that was raised by a blogger din.