Where’s the poppy, Google?
Google has had a Sesame Street logo on its site for most of the week to mark the 4oth anniversary of the show.
Presumably the makers of Sesame Street are presumably paying them to display the logo because not only did the Google UK site fail to mark the 5th of November, but they have also failed to mark Remembrance Sunday.
I can forgive them missing the 5th of November but failing to mark Remembrance Sunday is a disgrace and an insult to the memory of the men and women who gave up their lives during the two world wars and beyond.
Google should be ashamed.
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Well said. You have my support in this but of course, there’s no money in it for Google.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pmMaybe they will mark the 11th (Remembrance day itself).
November 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pmyes this is disgusting i see this as one of the important days of the year and google chooses to remember it by putting up a picture of Elmo
November 8th, 2009 at 1:40 pmi have emailed
press-uk@google.com.
informing them of my dissapointment
November 8th, 2009 at 1:42 pmI also emailed the press office and ukdoodle@googlemail.com as well, which is the email address Google Doodles (the special occasion logos).
November 8th, 2009 at 1:52 pmThe 11th is the correct day for celebrating so maybe they will then…
November 8th, 2009 at 3:07 pmI too was disgusted.
Apparently they’ll have a poppy on 11th, but that doesn’t make up for their crass insensitivity.
Remebrance Sunday has been the official day for many decades and it’s only in recent years that there has been a 2 minute silence on the 11th too.
Shame on Google.
I looked for a complaint e-mail address at their site and couldn’t find it so thanks for posting.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:23 amNo Google Doodle today either on any of the Google websites you would expect to see it on. I’ve snet another complaint for them to ignore:
I emailed you on Sunday about your decision to mark Remembrance Sunday with a picture of the Cookie Monster off Sesame Street rather that the poppy but received no reply. Talking to people, the general consensus was that it was disrespectful and insensitive but some people were prepared to give Google the benefit of the doubt and wait until Remembrance Day, the actual Remembrance Day itself, when they felt sure that Google would bring back the poppy logo used in previous years.
How wrong they were. I’ve checked the UK, US, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, French and Belgian versions of Google and not one of them bears a poppy despite it being either a public holiday or national day of remembrance associated with the poppy in all those countries.
After spending a week marking Sesame Street’s 40th birthday with special Google logos, even putting the American kids TV programme before a national day of remembrance for fallen soldiers on Sunday, completely failing to mark Remembrance Day at all is not just insensitive and disrespectful, it is an insult to the memory of the millions of people around the world who lost their lives to make sure our generation had the opportunity to live in (relative) freedom.
Stuart
QUITE RIGHT
November 11th, 2009 at 9:57 amGoogle, once again you have demonstrated that you are only interested in MONEY, MONEY, MONEY and are not representative of the United Kingdom despite your dominance of the market.
Google’s spokesperson: “I’m sure we have something planned in time for 11 o’clock. Obviously it is extremely important.”
November 11th, 2009 at 11:07 amWell, it’s gone eleven and it’s still the standard Google homepage.
Sunday’s ‘Sesame Street’ choice was insensitive and disrespectful. However, not to issue an apology or try to make amends with a fitting tribute to our fallen soldiers today is disgraceful and inexcusable.
At least Bing.com marked the occasion with a lovely picture of a poppy field. #shameongoogle
November 11th, 2009 at 11:17 amBoycott Google and use Bing today as a mark of respect, and to make a point.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:32 amThey’ve added a poppy now, better late than never!
November 11th, 2009 at 11:46 amA poppy finally arrived at 11.40 am on the 11th November. A bit late but better than nothing!
November 11th, 2009 at 11:49 amHere in Canada, there is no poppy on the English page. There is a poppy link underneath the Google name on the French page. I’m disappointed.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:00 pmToo little too late, Google. It just compounds their disrespectfulness: clearly the criticism levelled at them has been the only reason for adding the image, not a desire to pay tribute to our soldiers, otherwise there’d have been a lovely, respectful image ready to be added first thing this morning, not the rush job they’ve churned out over the last hour. Ridiculous.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pmYes I agree,Google can put Seasame on all week ,but on the 11th no poppy ..shame on Google…Kat
November 11th, 2009 at 5:53 pmAlso here in Canada, I was very upset and extremely disppointed not to see a poppy on the homepage. I could not find where to email but I did call and leave a message. Lest we forget.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pmShame on Google, No poppy, no mention, how can that be? Totally disappointed for sure. Susan
November 12th, 2009 at 9:08 pm