Happy St Georges Day!

New Google Homepage Image for UK only

[Umbertide]

Nice to see that Google responding to our newly hysterically ferverous National Patron Saints day by issuing a Collectors Edition g.co.uk facia.

Does this mean an update for UK only, as per the thanksgiving update 18 months ago?

Spider traffic over past 7 days would certainly suggest it might?

[sem4u]

I doubt it somehow. Nice logo though.

[victor]

But hey Googleguy, why not an image for Shakespeare's birthday? :)

[JudgeJeffries]

St George for England...what a joke.
Born in Turkey lived in Palestine...never set foot in England!

[bwelford]

Portugal and Catalonia also have St. George as their patron saint. However the Portuguese search page doesn't have the logo either.

[HelenDev]

St George for England...what a joke.
Born in Turkey lived in Palestine...never set foot in England!

Cuh! You'll be telling me he didn't slay the dragon next...

[Mark_A]

Good post, I already saw the logo and was pleased that someone recognises a day important for the English!

Well done Google.co.uk

And Helen .. you made me laugh so thanks go to you also :-)

[mn1dbp]

I also like the St Davids day logo they had for Wales last month

[JudgeJeffries]

As a matter of interest does anyone know why we dumped St.Edmond of the Angles as our patron Saint for this foreigner.

[trillianjedi]

Any sites get bought down by google on thsis occasion?

TJ

[creative craig]

Any sites get bought down by google on thsis occasion?

Seems to have been a quiet one this time ;)

[seo2004wow]

Well JudgeJeffries

St Patrick was english, Patrick was born in Britain around 360 A.D. When he was 16 years old, Irish pirates kidnaped him.

So want I like St George's day :) We should get time off work for it :)

[jmccormac]

St Patrick was Romano-British not English. I don't think that England existed then. Anyway St Patrick was on work experience in Ireland and he liked it so much he stayed there. ;) But then wasn't St George a Turk or Roumainian?

Regards...jmcc

[edited by: jmccormac at 5:36 pm (utc) on April 23, 2004]

[Yidaki]

Shouldn't this go here [webmasterworld.com] to make sense ...?

[edited by: IanTurner at 6:17 pm (utc) on April 23, 2004]
[edit reason] It now is here! [/edit]

[jmccormac]

When did mythology ever make sense Yidaki? :) Next they will be appointing a patron saint of Google updates. Probably St. Jude - the patron saint of hopeless cases.

Regards...jmcc