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Email: press-uk@google.com

Press coverage from previous years

2006 Competition

The Sun

Here are the Google doodles
"More than 15,000 kids aged four to 18 entered a contest to design a new logo for search engine Google that reflected their idea of Britishness."

The Sun

Brits Google doodle history
"The results fly in the face of widespread thinking that today's youth don't care about their country's history."

The Guardian

Young Britons value nation's history and values, survey shows
"Asked to make the familiar Google logo British, youngsters' choices revealed that community and country beat celebrity."

BBC News Online

Girl wins 'Doodle 4 Google' award
"A 13-year-old from Wiltshire has beaten thousands of youngsters to design a logo representing "Britishness"."

BBC Wiltshire

Millions to view Wilts doodle
"From 5pm on Monday 6th November a Wiltshire schoolgirl's doodle will be on show to millions..."

BBC Tyne

Doodle 4 Google
"One of the finalists in this national competition is 5 year old Stephen from Newcastle."

CNET Online

Google.co.uk gets a very British doodle
"Log on to the Google.co.uk home page before 5pm on Tuesday 7 November and you'll see a special Google doodle featuring five wonders of Britain."

The Mirror

Q&A Dennis Hwang
"We caught up with the 27-year-old computer artist from Korea as Google launched a nation-wide design competition for Britain's 10 million school children…"

IC Wales

Children urged to Doodle 4 Google
"The winning doodle will be displayed on search engine www.google.co.uk for a day, and will be seen by around 18 million people…"

ZDNet UK

Google searches for picture of Britishness
"Google has launched a competition which invites schoolchildren to create an image which represents what it's like to live in the United Kingdom for display on the company's famously sparse UK homepage…"

Webuser

Google launches art contest
"UK school children have the chance to get their artwork posted on the Google homepage through a new competition…"

Pocket-lint

Google launches doodle competition

Art In Liverpool

Doodle 4 Google - Schools Competition