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Has google changed its blue?

Pure Metal
03-03-2009, 02:46
Random observation: take a look at the following two google searches

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=googleplex&btnG=Google+Search&meta=lr%3D

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=googleplex&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

in the first, the blue of the links is #0029ee
and in the second its #0033cc

i'm pretty sure the UK search colour used to be the same as the .com one. the whole page looks brighter.

am i the only one to notice this, does anyone else care, and/or has it always been this way and i only just saw it?
Smunkeeville
03-03-2009, 03:06
it does look different, weird.
New Manvir
03-03-2009, 03:10
Yea they're different....so what?
Muravyets
03-03-2009, 03:12
They look the same to me. You guys must have a neurological problem. :p (*US Google)

What probably happened was they updated something and for some reason whatever digital graphics guy was rebuilding the logo uses a different blue, which is only slightly different from the original one, and he didn't feel like sourcing the original. Another possibility is that the original blue color is no longer available in whatever location we're talking about and was substituted by the other color, so when the graphics get updated, the substitute blue is used. I'll be nobody at Google UK even noticed the difference.

It's just Pantone's usual arcane hijinks.
Hydesland
03-03-2009, 03:29
i'm pretty sure the UK search colour used to be the same as the .com one. the whole page looks brighter.


OSHI- PM, I was told this event would happen one day. Get as much food and barricade your door and windows immediately, no time to explain. Don't bother trying to save your friends or family, it's too late. Focus on staying alive, you can get through this! Just do what I say and you wont be harmed!
Kryozerkia
03-03-2009, 03:33
No comment about how the top of each page is different?

http://www.weaselhut.net/googlev.png

For example, it's Googlemail for the UK version and Gmail in the American... (and ignore the tabs, I was too lazy to make it neat).
Hydesland
03-03-2009, 03:34
For example, it's Googlemail for the UK version and Gmail in the American... (and ignore the tabs, I was too lazy to make it neat).

That's simple. Brits are just too retarded to understand that the G in Gmail stands for Google.
Napoy
03-03-2009, 03:39
There was already a company called gmail in the UK, google was forced to change theirs.
Kryozerkia
03-03-2009, 03:45
There was already a company called gmail in the UK, google was forced to change theirs.

I was stating it as an example. I already knew there was a difference, but I was wondering why of all the things to notice, the OP was noting the colour of the font more than anything else.
Getbrett
03-03-2009, 03:51
Any changes to Google will almost certainly start on the most used localisation (the US one) then be rolled out.

Who knows why Google's changed the font colour. Perhaps it's the first baby step towards and incremental brand overhaul.
Chumblywumbly
03-03-2009, 04:28
Woah, I'm just getting used to them changing the favicon, and now this...

My poor wee brain can't handle much more.
Katganistan
03-03-2009, 04:31
No, really, this is serious... I have in on good authority that if you google Google, you can BREAK the internet.I do like _The IT Crowd_
Chumblywumbly
03-03-2009, 04:36
No, really, this is serious... I have in on good authority that if you google Google, you can BREAK the internet.I do like _The IT Crowd_
I googled for the phrase 'google' within www.google.com, and found the meaning of life.

(It begins with a 'g'.)
Pure Metal
03-03-2009, 09:39
Yea they're different....so what?
to be honest, it was 2 in the morning and was interesting to me at the time
OSHI- PM, I was told this event would happen one day. Get as much food and barricade your door and windows immediately, no time to explain. Don't bother trying to save your friends or family, it's too late. Focus on staying alive, you can get through this! Just do what I say and you wont be harmed!
i'm scared dude :eek:
lucky i still have all my Y2K rations left over

No comment about how the top of each page is different?

http://www.weaselhut.net/googlev.png

For example, it's Googlemail for the UK version and Gmail in the American... (and ignore the tabs, I was too lazy to make it neat).
oh yeah, but that's not crazy colour-changing new news though. in a nerdy way i'm quite glad i got a gmail.com account before they switched over to googlemail.com in the UK :p


No, really, this is serious... I have in on good authority that if you google Google, you can BREAK the internet.I do like _The IT Crowd_

if you search for "internet" on the internet it searches for itself and dies. seriously - it happened in 1996 one time.
my g/f likes it and keeps trying to get me to watch it... need (more) time!
Boonytopia
03-03-2009, 10:23
OSHI- PM, I was told this event would happen one day. Get as much food and barricade your door and windows immediately, no time to explain. Don't bother trying to save your friends or family, it's too late. Focus on staying alive, you can get through this! Just do what I say and you wont be harmed!

This. :D

Google.com.au (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=googleplex&meta=) seems to have the same colour as google.com
Khadgar
03-03-2009, 13:07
The color appears the same to me. Maybe my eyes just aren't as sensitive to such glaring errors.
Somewhereistonia
03-03-2009, 14:42
I found your hidden words! I never thought the IT crown was that good myself. :p
Blouman Empire
03-03-2009, 15:07
I googled for the phrase 'google' within www.google.com, and found the meaning of life.

(It begins with a 'g'.)

just dont search for goggle.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXh-i6UrFAg
Blouman Empire
03-03-2009, 15:08
And yes the colour is different
Rambhutan
03-03-2009, 15:11
One is metric blue and the other is imperial blue.
Somewhereistonia
03-03-2009, 15:56
http://goggle.com/

It be safe!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
03-03-2009, 16:16
The color is different. I don't like it.
Where are my old man glasses and pen, I need to write several complaining letters to the editors of various publications who have no connection to Google whatsoever. I shall start with Cat Fancy magazine ...
Blouman Empire
03-03-2009, 16:19
The color is different. I don't like it.
Where are my old man glasses and pen, I need to write several complaining letters to the editors of various publications who have no connection to Google whatsoever. I shall start with Cat Fancy magazine ...

I find a large newspaper is fine too.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
03-03-2009, 16:23
I find a large newspaper is fine too.
Psh. Everyone knows that the real levers of power are held by the 1.3 million* monthly readers of Cat Fancy.

*This statistic was made up on the spot.
The blessed Chris
03-03-2009, 16:37
Random observation: take a look at the following two google searches

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=googleplex&btnG=Google+Search&meta=lr%3D

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=googleplex&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

in the first, the blue of the links is #0029ee
and in the second its #0033cc

i'm pretty sure the UK search colour used to be the same as the .com one. the whole page looks brighter.

am i the only one to notice this, does anyone else care, and/or has it always been this way and i only just saw it?

I worry for you.:wink:
Nanatsu no Tsuki
03-03-2009, 17:22
Emmm, it's just a gradation of blue. No biggie.
Kyronea
03-03-2009, 17:23
I couldn't tell the difference, but that might be because the monitor here isn't quite what you'd call optimized, unlike mine at home.