# Do you ever click on the Google doodle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910 "2017-07-10T11:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/1 "2017-07-10T11:21:38Z")
I do sometimes. Usually I will hover over it with my mouse pointer, at least, just to see what it says and (if it’s a birthday) who the person is… …but sometimes, if I don’t recognize the name (like today, I didn’t know who the person was), I will click on it just to see what made that person famous. Learned something new today… the name of the person who first made the link between potatoes and lushes (put basically). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/2 "2017-07-10T11:36:33Z")
What’s a google doodle? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/3 "2017-07-10T11:45:41Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What’s a google doodle? Score keepers: Count that as a “no”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/4 "2017-07-10T11:58:09Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What’s a google doodle? It’s the [little graphic](https://www.google.com/doodles) Google puts on their homepage for special events. Sometimes they animate or are interactive. There’s usually one or two per week\*, though some are localised to specific countries. Like the OP, I click on them occasionally for more info if it seems interesting. Maybe twice a year, though. \*Actually looks like they’re way more frequent now. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/5 "2017-07-10T12:17:44Z")
Sometimes; although I am more likely just to save the graphic if it’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/6 "2017-07-10T13:13:30Z")
I’m never on the Google home page, so no. I have occasionally checked it out when someone has said that it’s particularly cool that day. Like, under five times, ever. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/7 "2017-07-10T13:20:11Z")
Pretty much every day. Google is my default browser, so it’s always up. If I don’t know what the doodle is, I hover. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/8 "2017-07-10T13:43:24Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > … Google is my default browser, so it’s always up. … Um, Google isn’t a browser. Anyway: I switched to Google as my default search engine very early on in part because of the clean, simple page. Once the doodles and other crap started up, I blocked them. Nothing to see, nothing to click. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/9 "2017-07-10T13:58:49Z")
Seldom - the graphic has to pique my interest. That said, Eva Ekeblad is my new favorite person in the world: > [@](#): > > She was widely known for discovering a method in 1746 to make flour and alcohol from potatoes, the latter which left other more scarce grains to food production, **significantly reducing Sweden’s incidence of famine**. I never considered the Swedes party people to the extent that they were starving themselves to keep the liquor flowing (bikini team notwithstanding). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/10 "2017-07-10T14:28:22Z")
Often. Especially the ones that are games. I still play the Google Doodle Pac Man sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/11 "2017-07-10T14:38:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > \*Actually looks like they’re way more frequent now. I’d say there was a new one up at least every other day. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/12 "2017-07-10T15:38:54Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Um, Google isn’t a browser. > > Anyway: I switched to Google as my default search engine very early on in part because of the clean, simple page. Once the doodles and other crap started up, I blocked them. > > Nothing to see, nothing to click. I search from the address bar, as God intended. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/13 "2017-07-10T16:12:41Z")
I click when it’s animated or I have no clue to whom it refers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/14 "2017-07-10T18:18:21Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I never considered the Swedes party people to the extent that they were starving themselves to keep the liquor flowing (bikini team notwithstanding). Seriously? Have you ever met any Swedes? (sorry to hijack, but really? _really_?!?) Pretty much all Scandinavian countries drink hard, but the Swedes and the Fins scare me. I click on the google doodle when I notice it and I don’t know who/what it’s about. It’s 30 seconds of education. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/15 "2017-07-10T19:05:41Z")
Yeah, pretty often and especially some of the game doodles. The recent cricket game was addictive! As mentioned above, the Pac Man doodle was cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/16 "2017-07-11T03:13:04Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I click when it’s animated or I have no clue to whom it refers. That’s also my modus operandi. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/17 "2017-07-11T03:18:01Z")
yes, whenever I see them I at least look to see what it is about. when it’s a game I try it. I am still making music with [this one](https://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2017/fischinger/fischinger17.8.html?hl=en&doodle=undefined) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/18 "2017-07-11T04:10:01Z")
I always do. I learn things that way. For example, today I learned that potato vodka was invented by [[Chekov]a little old lady from Sweden[/Chekov], Eva Ekeblad.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ekeblad) Plus, I enjoy how they work their name into the art, and I especially enjoy some of their interactive doodles. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-click-on-the-google-doodle/790910/19 "2017-07-13T19:29:24Z")
I never seem to remember that doing so will search for them. I’m more likely to see the name and google it. Though I don’t see it very often, due to Google’s weird decision to make you click to see the Doodle if you have a theme on Chrome. And there’s no way to override that. If that wasn’t there, I’d see a lot more Doodles.