# Heh, Google knew my birthday,,, And made me a doodle!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456 "2014-08-13T19:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/1 "2014-08-13T19:30:58Z")

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That was too cool.  
So today I hit the Google homepage tab on my browser. As soon as I do, a doodle appears with birthday cake and birthday candles. I thought to myself: 'Hmm, what a coincidence, today is MY birthday. So I moused over it to see whom it’s dedicated to. (At this point, my dumb ass is still thinking this is the doodle everybody is seeing.:smack:) When I moused over it, I’m quite amused to find, it’s dedicated to me, as it says: “Happy Birthday Shakes!”

I wondered for a moment how the hell they knew that, but then I remembered, I signed up for Google Plus. So I guess they just pulled the info off of there.

Anyway, I wonder how long they’ve been doing this?

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/2 "2014-08-14T02:20:53Z")

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I got the happy birthday doodle back in May on my birthday.

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/3 "2014-08-14T03:16:00Z")

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I did not get the Happy Birthday doodle on my birthday in May. Perhaps Google does not love me after all. ☹ \<sniff\>

…or maybe I wasn’t logged in.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/4 "2014-08-14T06:01:19Z")

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Google also knows your wife’s phone number,\* and what kind of porn you like.

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\*Or if you are not married, your mom’s.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/5 "2014-08-14T16:30:24Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> Google also knows your wife’s phone number,\* and what kind of porn you like.
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> ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬  
> \*Or if you are not married, your mom’s.

No it doesn’t. Everybody uses Bing to search for porn.

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**Author:** ![CodeB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@CodeB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CodeB)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-google-knew-my-birthday-and-made-me-a-doodle/695456/6 "2014-08-16T01:06:45Z")

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Interestig