This Doodle, consisting of a spinning wheel, took you to one of the. If you, like us, prefer to waste your time on games you actually like, then take our advice and head straight to Snake, PacMan or the Birthday pinata. On September 27, 2017, the Google Surprise Birthday Spinner, the most significant Doodle yet, saw the light of day. To mark the day, Google launched 19 “surprises” in the form of a spinner that will pick one of their doodles for you to waste your time on. READ MORE: Google caves in to US government demands for overseas data The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake,” the company said in 2006. It started out as something small, but Google’s birthday Doodles have grown more extravagant each year. After four years of Google, the search engine had grown big enough for people to care that it was turning another year older.

“Google opened its doors in September 1998. 2002 to 2017: 16 years of Google birthday Doodles. READ MORE: Google facing antitrust lawsuit for removal of Gab from app storeĮither way, since 2002, the company has been sticking with September 27 as its official birthday, while also celebrating other milestones throughout the month of September. You could also consider the first time Google was given an investment, or when it filed for incorporation, when it established its first workspace, or hired its first employee as the day of its birth. If going by the date the domain was first registered, they turned 20 on September 15.

Google's 19th birthday spinner