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Re:Google changes logo - traffic to our site spikes by alanstorm on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @11:57AM (#866950)
I've assumed half the reason Google's been on a custom logo binge is to drive users towards specific search terms and boost AdWords revenue. Show an obscure geeky thing one week to keep the baying nerd masses happy, show Michael Jackson the next.

It's nice to see "the little guy" getting a boost as well!

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Re:Google changes logo - traffic to our site spikes by chexov on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @01:08PM (#867100)
what is really amazing is what amount of traffic goes directly to Wikipedia (just deducting from the spills that we are getting today).
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Re:Google changes logo - traffic to our site spikes by strongsauce on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @09:21PM (#868057)
From: http://stats.grok.se/en/200910/Barcode

Went from 24.6k hits to approx 1.3m

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Re:Google changes logo - traffic to our site spikes by chexov on Thursday October 08, 2009 @09:14AM (#868907)
Very nice link - many thanks!
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