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Designing Google Doodles and delightful experiences

October 17, 2024 · 31 min

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What does recursion, Weather Frog, and Momo the Magic Cat have in common?

In this episode of SOTR, Lizzi and John go behind the scenes of a Google Doodle with Jessica Yu, the lead for Doodles and delight on Google Search, about designing experiences that resonate with your audience. Listen along as we learn more about what's involved in getting an easter egg into Google Search, from hatching the idea to designing (and deploying) the experience and measuring success.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr084-transcript

Jessica Yu on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/3BKgSq1

Momo's first appearance → https://goo.gle/3UbGgeC

Submitting an idea for the Google Doodle → https://goo.gle/3A04stC

AVIF is now supported by Google → https://goo.gle/3NrwhhK

Listen to more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

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