Visitors to Google's website (www.google.com) were greeted with an image with symbols of women replacing the familiar Google logo.
The "G" in Google was replaced with the female symbol while one "o" depicted a flower.
As in the past, clicking on the doodle would bring a visitor to the site to a Google search results page for "International Women's Day."
On Thursday, the Philippines joins the world in marking International Women’s Day, an occasion observed since the early 1900s.
“Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women’s Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike,” it said.
It said the new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation.
