Google logos (doodles) 1 july- 24 august

Aug 24, 2010

Ukraine's Independence Day - (Ukraine)

Aug 21, 2010

Australian Federal Elections - (Australia)

Aug 21, 2010

August Bournonville's 205th Birthday - (Denmark)

Aug 19, 2010

Anniversary of Belka and Stelka Space Flight - (Russia)

Aug 17, 2010

Indonesia's Independence Day - (Indonesia)

Aug 16, 2010

Chinese Valentine's Day - (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Aug 16, 2010

Gozan no Okuribi, iconic festivals of Kyoto - (Japan)

Aug 15, 2010

South Korea's Independence Day - (South Korea)

Aug 15, 2010

India's Independence Day - (India)

Aug 12, 2010

Doodle 4 Google Winner: Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday - Mother's Day - (Thailand)

Aug 12, 2010

71st Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz - (Selected Countries)

Aug 10, 2010

Ecuador's Independence Day - (Ecuador)

Aug 09, 2010

Singapore's National Day - (Singapore)

Aug 06, 2010

Bolivian Independence Day - (Bolivia)

Aug 01, 2010

Swiss National Day - (Switzerland)

Jul 24, 2010

Arthur Boyd's Birthday - (Australia)

Jul 24, 2010

Alfons Mucha's 150th Birthday - (Selected Countries)

Jul 23, 2010

Peder Severin Krøyer's 159th Birthday - (Denmark)

Jul 21, 2010

Belgian National Day - (Belgium)

Jul 20, 2010

Doodle 4 Google Colombian Winner - (Colombia)

Jul 20, 2010

Nam June Paik - (Korea)

Jul 15, 2010

Josef Frank's 125th Birthday - (Selected Global)

Jul 14, 2010

Bastille Day - (France)

Jul 13, 2010

Naomi Shemer's 80th Birthday - (Israel)

Jul 11, 2010

World Cup Final - (Global)

Jul 09, 2010

Doodle for Google Winner and Argentina's Independence Day - (Argentina)

Jul 07, 2010

Tanabata - Star Festival - (Japan)

Jul 06, 2010

Frida Kahlo's 103rd Birthday - (Selected Countries)

Jul 04, 2010

Happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday Rube Goldberg! - (US)

Jul 01, 2010

East Africa Common Market - (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)

Jul 01, 2010

Canada Day - (Canada)

HISTORY OF YOUTUBE

YouTube's early headquarters in San Mateo

 YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. Prior to PayPal, Hurley studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.The domain name "YouTube.com" was activated on February 15, 2005, and the website was developed over the subsequent months. The creators offered the public a preview of the site in May 2005, six months before YouTube made its official debut. Like many technology start-ups, YouTube was started as an angel-funded enterprise from a makeshift office in a garage. In November 2005, venture firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million; additionally, Roelof Botha, partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal, joined the YouTube board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia and Artis Capital Management put an additional $8 million into the company, which had experienced huge popular growth within its first few months.

During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing websites on the Web, and was ranked the 5th most popular website on Alexa, far out pacing even MySpace's rate of growth. According to a July 16, 2006 survey, 100 million video clips are viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. The website averages nearly 20 million visitors per month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, where around 44% are female, 56% male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age group is dominant.YouTube's pre-eminence in the online video market is substantial. According to the website Hitwise.com, YouTube commands up to 64% of the UK online video market.

YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno from 2006 to 2010

On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock. The purchase agreement between Google and YouTube came after YouTube presented three agreements with media companies in an attempt to escape the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits. YouTube will continue operating independently, with its co-founders and 67 employees working within the company. The deal to acquire YouTube closed on November 13, and was, at the time, Google's second largest acquisition. Google’s February 7th, 2007 SEC filing revealed the breakdown of profits for YouTube’s investors after the sale to Google. At the time of reporting Sequoia Capital’s shares were valued at more than $442 million, Chad Hurley’s at more than $345 million, Steve Chen’s at more than $326 million, Artis Capital Management at more than $83 million, and Jawed Karim’s at more than $64 million.