2011 was an exciting year, with many iconic events and anniversaries occurring throughout the year. For many of these occurrences Google has had a unique ‘Google Doodle’ to commemorate the event.

The history of the Google Doodle is an interesting one. Google’s initial logo was an exclamation point, during this early stage the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin found themselves in a dilemma as both wished to attend the Burning Man Festival but they were worried the site would not remain active without their input and they would be unable to answer any calls from the desert.

Consequently the first Google Doodle was created, it simply depicted the Burning Man’s stick figure popping out of the traditional logo. The purpose was to display an ‘out of office’ message to all Google users. Since then there have been a wide range of themes and images used, eventually resulting in the Google Doodles that we see today, 271 of which were produced last year alone.

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Source: Mashable

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Did you watch a YouTube video this year? Incredibly, YouTube surpassed 1 TRILLION views in 2011. That’s 1,000,000,000,000 video views!!

YouTube trends manager Kevin Allocca has been reminiscing. “2011 was a year of amazing new channels and new stars being discovered, awesome creativity, and of course, Rebecca Black,”  “It was also a year of powerful news stories playing out on YouTube, as people witnessed and documented uprisings and natural disasters, touching personal moments and moments of protest.”

Wondering what people watched the most during the past 12 months? See below (click to play).

 

1. “Friday” by Rebecca Black

2. Ultimate Dog Tease

3. “Jack Sparrow” by The Lonely Island and Michael Bolton

4. Talking Twin Babies Part 2

5. Nyan Cat

6. “Loot At Me Now” Cover Karmin Music

7. “The Creep” by The Lonely Island, Nicki Minaj and John Walters

8. “Born This Way” Cover by Maria Aragon

9. “The Force” Volkswagen Commercial

10. Cat Mom Hugs Baby Kitten

 

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Source: Mashable

 

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