Go to Google...

[joshcryer]

https://www.google.com/

[Cleita]

1. Buwahaha!

[polly7]

2. Mine automatically takes me to Google.ca, even when I try the .com

What's up?

[OhioChick]

4. ............

[lpbk2713]

7. Click the black area and it takes you to the petition page.

[Bozita]

19. I signed. ... Damn proud to do it!

[polly7]

16. Thank you! That's awesome.

[petronius]

20. Totally off topic, but thank you for your sig!

I've been wanting to change the color of mine, and you just showed me how to do it...

[lonestarnot]

3. Still works so what's the point?

[joshcryer]

9. Eh, $100 million revenue a day.

They ain't shutting down their services. It's still a nice gesture. They even hid their logo. A first for a google doodle.

[tavalon]

10. The point is to educate the public

It would have been more impactful to bring the site down but, as has been discussed here already, that would impact many businesses greatly. But there is still education there for politically blind folk. They might research it. On Google! How recursive!

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. I was thinking the exact same thing. n/t

[garybeck]

13. click on it. n/t

[tavalon]

5. Done did

Wikipedia is down and their graphic is cool, too.

[greyl]

8. Yeah, Wiki's is better.

I like how it'll show you a page for a split second.

[tavalon]

12. Yep, but I like the Orwellian tone to the graphic after

[greyl]

6. Google underwhelmed with this one. nt

[garybeck]

14. did you click on the black box? nt

[greyl]

21. I hadn't, but I just now +1d it.

(edit: by it, I mean: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ )

My first reply was only based on a first impression of their landing page and that it still functions.

[RZM]

15. No kidding

It's still functioning as normal. It amounts to little more than their latest graphic tease.

I'm not disparaging anyone for blacking out or not. I'm just saying that there's really not much going on with Google here.

[joeglow3]

17. Because management likes to keep their job

I am guessing shareholders would not take kindly to giving up millions of dollars.

[RZM]

18. Exactly

I'm not judging Google for not blacking out. I don't think internet companies necessarily have a moral obligation to do so today. That being said, I also don't judge people for blacking out. I'm not a fan of SOPA so I have no qualms with those who choose to register their opposition by shutting down.

But Google's behavior here is a bit obvious in the 'have your cake and eat it too' department.

[joshcryer]

22. Google is doing better than Twitter, which as yet is doing basically nothing.