Google search page today
If you have been to Google today, you may have seen aliens in a flying saucer abducting one of the Os out of the Google logo. Usually Google's logos are easy to guess - typically they signify a holiday or a special occasion. But today's logo stumped a lot of people as it became one of the top searches for today as well as a trend on social networks.
When you click on the logo, search results for unexplained phenomenon appear. It may have been related to the fact that today, in Exeter, New Hampshire, there was a UFO festival. Apparently in 1965, a UFO was seen, and the book titled “Incident in Exeter,” was written, based on those incidents.
Many have observed that Google also tweeted a cryptic message:
1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19
According to tweeters, this stands for “All Your O are belong to us.”
Google in the meanwhile is still playing around and said the following:
“We consider the second ‘o’ critical to user recognition of our brand and pronunciation of our name. We are actively looking into the mysterious tweet that has appeared on the Google twitter stream and the disappearance of the “o” on the Google homepage. We hope to have an update in the coming weeks.”
Is this related to the fact that Google's birthday is this month ? Google was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7, 1998.
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