Last month, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its name to Google.
Now Google has honored that gesture by changing its name name to Topeka for April Fools’ Day. This makes Bill Bunten the Mayor of Google and Eric Schmidt the CEO of Topeka, Inc.
Of course, marks as famous as Topeka and Google require brand standards. So the announcement was accompanied by this usage guide.
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May 21, 2010
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