The first doodle was created when Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin attended the annual Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert in the United States on 30 August 1998. When you click on the Doodle animation you can find more information about that specific topic and a little game or interaction sometimes sometimes accompanies the doodle. They highlight world issues, major historical events, worldwide holidays, local celebrations, anniversaries and important figures' brithdays (including pioneers, artists, and scientists) along with their contributions to society. But more often that not, they are very creative and artistic expressions.

These Doodles range from small, simple and temporary alterations to the traditional logo. On many occassions the logo will be different and accompanied by what's called a Doodle. When you land on the page, right above the search box, you'll see Google's logo.

People conduct billions of searches every day. The homepage for the Google Search engine is the most viewed webpage in the world.

The doodle