What Doodle will Google pick for April 24?

April 18, 2011 - 15:32 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A “Google Should Change its Logo in Honor of the Armenian Genocide Victims” Facebook group lists over 19 000 members.

On the eve of April 24 Genocide Commemoration Day, the group becomes more active, with a number of members significantly increasing. Still, Google staff seems to be unaware of the movement.

Google’s collection of logos, Google Doodles, commemorates holidays and significant events around the world.

Google Doodle archive dates back to 1998. In 2009, the April 24 Doodle was devoted to Japanese Tomitaro Makino's Birthday; 2010 it commemorated Hubble Space Telescope's 20th Anniversary.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter found out, in 2010, April 23 Google Doodle was devoted to national sovereignty and children’s day of Turkey, similarly to the logo of 2007. In 2008, Google Doodle was marking the girl’s day of Germany.

One may infer that Google doesn’t remember or isn’t interested in Armenian Genocide Commemoration day and takes major interest in Turkish children.

Should this year’s Google Doodle be dedicated to the victims of the Genocide, the fact will attract universal attention. Probably, Google is unwilling to involve itself in political matters as people might get the impression that the U.S. finally acknowledged the Armenian Genocide.

Google’s special logos for use on holidays, birthdays of famous people, and major events, have become known as Google Doodles. As of 14 February 2011 , Google's own gallery features 1002 logos. The first Doodle was devoted to Burning Man Festival in the U.S.