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Why .nz?

.co.uk I could understand, .com ,being the main site, would be an honour, even .de would be subtly ironic - but I can't see the connection with kiwis

Does each Google fiefdom get to do it's own toys without the express command of the chocolate factory?



New Zealand is ahead of the US and UK. Google's Doodles are timed by local time and locality. So NZ gets them before the US does.

EDIT: Actually, it's quite interesting to look at Google's page about doodles. Most of the doodles will never be seen by you, since they are country-specific.


I see, although it does leave the question - if New Zealand is in the future why do they have Hobbits?


"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return


Yes I remember you saying that !


Other than the timing differences that TazeTSchnitzel describes, SquareWheel might be from NZ, so .nz is their default Google landing page.


I am not, it was based on timezone.




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