Is it me or is Google Missing its L today?

[Rapesco]

Has anyone else noticed Google missing its "L" in the Google logo on the homepage? or is it just me?

[askcybersteve]

yup i saw that too....pretty darn funny :)

[Ganceann]

It could be a mistake, it could be intentional.

The L could have been left out deliberately as it is the day of 'L' and the letter belongs to the day instead of google :P

L for Love to clear it up.

I am also not sure if the L is actually the green bit of the chocolate covered strawberry. Ah well, it gives more reason to give them free publicity :P

[fadetoblack]

Its certainly Intentional ..L missing for love day ..

[taulath]

The stalk of the strawberry could be an L, but I agree it does look as if it's missing!

[scart3r]

PMSL!! I am sure that the person whose mistake it was to leave the "l" off is probably trying to think up an artistic reason why it was left off... maybe we should send him/her the link for this thread - and maybe save their job...lol

[amnezia]

Yeah it looks like a typo, you should go to www.mattcutts.com/blog and comment about it in one of his posts.

[Shine]

Maybe they forgot what day it was, and it was all a rush job...... being as Valentine's day was almost over when they uploaded the logo onto the AU site today!
Maybe they slept in!!!

[scart3r]

The stalk of the strawberry could be an L, but I agree it does look as if it's missing!

I dunno - I think that might be pushing it a bit.... hehe - I guess if you close an eye and twirl is sideways....

[Shine]

http://shineoutdesigns.com.au/images/googe.jpg

:D I feel better now!

[Zerosleep]

Hey guys Take a deep look ! Google is now googe, they forget to add the "L"
www.google.com
It's writing there Goo_e , they forgot 2 letters, the "g" and the "l" the g it's that chocolate!
:p
-Zerosleep

[sourcer]

The Google’s Valentine’s Day logo is a little bit strange this year, I mean did they forgot the “L” from “googLe” or is hidden and nobody can see it.

I thought the “L” could be the strawberry tail but if is so it can be noticed very hard.

[Tiel]

Cool - I wonder when they will forget my baned sites and bring them back in?

[DomainKing]

Actually....

The 'L' is the tip of the strawberry. Look carefully my friend :)

They are not as dumb as you think they are ;)

[designcode]

But I love google in any form :D

[commandos]

They dident forget the L ...

It's some ARTS FROM GOOGLE !!

The L might be the Green thing , so GL At the same time .

http://www.google.ca/logos/valentine07.gif

[C-Academy]

I belive the artist created that green part of the strawberry 'cos letter L is in green...

[Tiel]

damn - that make more sence that to forget l form their logo.

[commandos]

Not only picasso can make arts :p

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/visualarts/Image-Library/Picasso/picasso-nude_in_black_armchair-1932.jpg

[Zerosleep]

LoL guys chillax but when you have a first look not carefully you'll surely find it as googe

[KingofKings]

I don't think google is that dumb to forget the L, it's probably the green thing. :D

[Notting]

lol -shine!

Notting

[smub]

their art is so abstract is hard to see but i really love their logo for today ... its awesome

[DomainKing]

This has been discussed in another thread my friend :)

Google is now Googe (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=244153)

On the other hand, yes it is a very creative design.

[Christopher]

:D I feel better now!
Oh Shine, I hope google grabs your design and uses it! It's a big improvement :)

[FIVE539]

haha you're right

[Deano]

When I first glanced at it I read it as Gooey, and thought they'd gone soft for valantines day. It was only on a closer look I noticed the g and the L. Nice logo :)
Yahoo, has a fun gif, dogpiles is nice, what happened with MSN? have they no heart?

[Ganceann]

Well, as I originally said - we are giving google some free publicity (so it is a winning design).

It can be interpreted either as missing an L or the green bit (as I said it aka the stalk) would be the L. Either way, google brand gains a bit more free stuff from webmasters :P

[deadmoon]

“Googe is a sexual act originating in the Amazon rainforest. It is where the man wraps his legs around a womans face and googe’s like a bad badger. It is now used as an exclamation of hornyness or used as a term instead of ****, or also can be used as an expression deep hatred. Eg, I ****ing want to googe ya mam”
See http://london-seo.com/googe/80/ (or http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=googe)

[gkid101]

OFFICIAL GOOGLE EMAIL:

-----Original Message-----
From: W******, S*****
Sent: 14 February 2007 11:41
To: Laura Ainsworth
Subject: Google banner on Valentine's day

Dear Laura,

Hello there. I understand you are the Corporate Communications Co-ordinator for Google. Well, I have a question and I was hoping you could answer it for me. I am a frequent Google user, and I just clicked on to the site and noticed that your banner today (Valentine's day) is an image of a chocolate-covered strawberry.

Well, to me, it looks like it says Googe, not Google. I was a bit confused, so I showed it to some of my friends and colleagues, and they agreed with me. So I was wondering, was the stalk on the strawberry meant to be an L, or did somebody just forget it altogether? It's not very clear. I would really appreciate your feedback.

Best regards,

S*****

And the answer is...

From: Laura Ainsworth
Sent: 14 February 2007 12:11
To: W******, S*****
Subject: Re: Google banner on Valentine's day

You are right, the green stalk is indeed the 'L'.

This is a new and edgy design and i think it looks fab - i hope you agree

L

[Rapesco]

There we go case closed, its not very clear tho cheers gkid101

[sourcer]

My friend before posting this I did a search and I didn't found anything like that... and the link you gave me is broken... I can't see the exact hour of post...

[Jan]

Guess the L was already eaten, it's surprising the G is still there! :)

[Motter]

I think the L is stuck in the strawberry that is witting the G with the chocolate.

Orrr is that Goggles little love name for themselves.. like smoochie googe. idk I think the l is in the strawberry

[commandos]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/strawberries-are-red-stems-are-green.html

[krumel]

Is it a "GooSe" word on that image?

[commandos]

did u read the post ? :)