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At Search Engine Strategies (SES) this week I attended the Google dance. Me and about a BILLION other people. This is a huge party put on by Google at the Googleplex. I have never been to Google and wanted to check it out. I am not a “party guy” but I have to admit that it was fun. I only stayed for an hour or so (it took me that long to walk through the party from one side to the other).

Google’s headquarters was quite impressive. The simple white 3 story buildings had many windows and looked to be light and airy inside. They had some very nice employee areas including lunch rooms and a cafe. They also have a huge game room with video games. In the courtyard they have a sand volleyball court, outdoor couches with legos, pool tables, and even a vegetable garden. Easily one of the coolest work places I have ever seen. Although I don’t think it is nicer than the Novell Provo campus (just with more fun stuff).

The party was crazy. Tons of food, snacks, and fun. Everything was free obviously. My favorites where the video games (all racing games which I love), the milk shakes, and the candy bar. The candy bar had large bins filled with all the candy you could fill your pockets with (ok they had little google branded candy sacks). Being the master brander Google is the candy bar was color coded to match the google logo. 2 bins each of blue, red, yellow, blue, green and red. (have you ever wondered why the colors are that way in the logo? Both g’s are blue, but both O’s are not red.)