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# Literary Search Engine Logos
The Mark Twain Birthday Doodle has Tom Sawyer Painting Google

By Felicia Moursalien | Published 2011-12-01 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mark-twain-birthday-doodle
References: [mashable](http://mashable.com/2011/11/30/google-paint-the-fence/) & [google](http://www.google.ca/)

Exactly 176 years ago today the famous author American author was born and [Google](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pacmans-45th) is celebrating with its Mark Twain Birthday Doodle. The Google Doodle is the largest one to date, spanning the whole page and features the famous ficticious Tom Sawyer depicting the scene where he paints a fence, but in this modern version he is painting the Google logo on it.

Google has a short history, starting from 1998 of having Google doodles to celebrate special occasions from Thanksgiving to Halloween. Google even commissions famous artists to design the logo for them. The celebration of Mark Twain from Google is appropriate. The author was also a fan of new technology, investing his money in the typeset. Unfortunately the technology was made obsolete. Nonetheless, cheers to the Mark Twain Birthday doodle as a modern technological wink to his life.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.9/10
- Popularity: 52% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Literary-themed Google Doodles:** There is an opportunity to create similar Google Doodles of famous authors to celebrate their birthdays and other special occasions.
- **Virtual Painting and Graffiti:** There is an opportunity to develop virtual reality or augmented reality painting and graffiti apps that allow users to paint on digital canvases.
- **Investment in New Technology:** There is an opportunity for businesses to invest in emerging technologies and help make them mainstream like Mark Twain did with typesetting technology.

### Where This Applies

- **Search Engine Industry:** Search engines can leverage literary-themed Google Doodles to attract and engage users and promote their brand.
- **Artificial Intelligence Industry:** There is an opportunity to create AI-powered virtual painting and graffiti apps that use machine learning algorithms to enhance user experience.
- **Printing Technology Industry:** There is an opportunity to innovate new forms of printing technology that are eco-friendly and cost-efficient to replace outdated methods.

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