Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Top Google Doodles Of 2014: World Cup & Winter Olympics Logos Lead The List

Google Year in search 2014

The Google Doodle team was busy this year.

By my count, the artist, illustrators and designers who create the Google logos celebrating notable events and personalities posted more than 100 Doodles in 2014. (The World Cup held reign for a full month on Google's homepage, with more than 60 Doodles to mark the soccer tournament from its first match on June 12 through the finals on July 13.)

Not only did the team make outstanding efforts to cover numerous events, Google paid special attention to the previous gap between its number of male-focused and female-focused logos.

After female advocacy group SPARK revealed only 77 women were represented in 445 Google Doodles between 2010 and 2013, Google made a concentrated effort this year to represent both genders equally. By February 1, Google had featured author Zora Neale Hurston, Dian Fossey and Harriet Tubman.

As part of its 2014 Year in Review, Google curated the following list of the top ten trending Doodles in 2014 that included a healthy mix of events, people and holidays.

1. World Cup 2014 #27 (Boss)

World Cup 2014 #27

2. 2014 Winter Olympics

Google doodle winter olympics 2014

3. Rubik's Cube

Rubiks Cube Google logo 2014

4. Philae Robotic Lander

philae-robotic-lander-lands-on-comet-67pchuryumovgerasimenko-5668009628663808-hp

5. Nelson Mandela

google-nelson-mandela-logo

6. International Women's Day 2014

7. Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn 85th Birthday google logo

8. Berlin Wall

9. Leo Tolstoy

Google logo Leo Tolstoy

10. Halloween 2014

Halloween witch Google logo 2014

Halloween ghost 2014 Google logo

Halloween scarecrow 2014 Google logo

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About The Author

Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media's General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Search Engine Land and Marketing Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs.com, SoftwareCEO.com, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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