Holy Crap! Happy 4th From Ask!
Ask.com has the boldest holiday celebration image I’ve ever seen on a search engine. Rather than rework their logo or page coloring, they went for a giant fireworks-filled image. Here’s a screenshot (click to enlarge):
Beautiful. The Fourth of July is one of my favorite days of the year (and it sucks to be in another country on it), so I feel proud just looking at it. That background image is a 195,850 byte, 998×624 pixel behemoth. Wow.
(via Barry)
Here’s Yahoo’s doodle:
Does Google have a Doodle? I can’t get through to Google.com right now.
UPDATE: Jason said NBC ruined their fireworks coverage with “too cool for the room” camera edits that missed all the good stuff. Figures. I didn’t get to see any fireworks, since, for some reason, they don’t celebrate July 4 outside the U.S. Weird, right?
UPDATE 2: Here’s Google’s Doodle, courtesy of mark:
And, if you, like me, can’t get through to Google.com, here’s the same logo, uploaded to Imageshack by Haochi:
I gotta say, compared to Google’s previous Independence Day logos, this one is too cutesy, and seems to have no idea that this day is actually important to some people.
2002:
2003:
2004:
2005:
Yo, man, can’t get through to Google.com?
Yeah, there’s a Google Doodle for July 4th.
Uploaded to Imageshack for you
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5919/july4th067tz.gif
Ask.com is pretty disattracting btw.
Have a nice July 4th.
Comment by Haochi | July 4, 2006
Wow, Ask went all the way with that! I wouldn’t have expected that either.
And yes, Google did make a doodle:
http://www.google.com/logos/july4th06.gif
Comment by mark | July 4, 2006
Happy 4th of July. A lot has been achieved in a short period of time, enthusiastic Americans.
Live long America and ENNNNNNNNNJOY !
Comment by Rachel | July 5, 2006
Just wanted to stop in and say Hi! I still love ya, and wish you the best Independence day,evah.
Comment by Madison | July 6, 2006
love u 2 Madison
Nice logos btw!
Comment by Remi | May 24, 2007
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