I caught Google making a simple HTML mistake on their home page

Discussion in 'Google' started by FastWeb, Oct 31, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Check out how the Google designers mangled the image on their home page:

    http://www.googlewatchdog.info/2007/10/google-designers-screw-pooch-oops.html

    Someone fatfingered a simple HTML image tag. I'm putting this in my "eternal file" so that I can look at it when I'm really really angry with Google and remember that even the Google God is fallible.

    :) definitely brightens my day (or night as is the case)
     
    FastWeb, Oct 31, 2007 IP
  2. Boardwalk

    Boardwalk Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Haha... Nice find! :)
     
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  3. Pinoguin

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    #3
    Well, that's nice to see .. it shows a human side of google
     
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  4. web_master

    web_master Well-Known Member

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    #4
    perfect, carry on watching mate
     
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  5. live-cms_com

    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    #5
    Are you sure it's not that your browser failed to fully render the page? ;) Or maybe the developers change the code before uploading the image. :p
     
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  6. Freewebspace

    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    #6
    some times it also happens for me

    I think it may be due to your Internet connection.,

    Also If you have the source code of the page we can point out where the mistake is!
     
    Freewebspace, Oct 31, 2007 IP
  7. sweetfunny

    sweetfunny Banned

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    #7
    Did you grab the source?

    The logo's filename is changed for these special logo's, looks like they uploaded the new HTML but didn't have the image in place before hand.
     
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  8. FastWeb

    FastWeb Peon

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    Dang, I didn't think about saving the source code.

    I did check it with both Firefox and Internet Explorer, and it was broken for at least several minutes in both. Either they didn't put the image in the right place, or the HTML was fatfingered. Either way, I get a reminder that there are real people working over at the plex.
     
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  9. madmax728

    madmax728 Banned

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    #9
    It can be your browser too you know.. Image Loading can be disabled
     
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  10. dustin0

    dustin0 Active Member

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    #10
    Wasnt any html mistake, the image just wasnt uploaded yet. At least thats what it looks like
     
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  11. lknaik

    lknaik Active Member

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    #11
    I think the same as dustin0.
    the image wasn't uploaded yet.
     
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  12. microbrain

    microbrain Banned

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    #12
    Friend its not an error ...the picture they were using was bit heavy to load and the similar results shown with me but after refreshing the page the page everything get fine me~
     
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  13. breakingben

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    #13
    after all google however supernatural they seem are still composed of people
     
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  14. mit

    mit Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Well its not a big thing, but nice caught.
     
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  15. vagrant

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    #15
    probably just took time for the graphic to upload to all data centers ?

    to say they messed up the html you would need to show the source error.
     
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  16. alex_d1

    alex_d1 Well-Known Member

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    #16
    Well at least they were using "Alt" tags in their image links.
     
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  17. captain-crunch

    captain-crunch Well-Known Member

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    #17
    No wonder they make no money with mistakes like this lol :)
     
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    #18
    I don't think it was an error, the image just didn't load
     
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    #19
    nice catch ))) I wish i could see the source )))
     
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  20. chrismant

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    #20
    Quite Possible...
     
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