Doodle of guitar legend costs world millions

The Google homepage doodle honouring guitar legend Les Paul cost the world US$268 million ($333 million), despite only setting the internet giant back US$15,000, says Extreme Tech website.

It says the amount covers 10.7 million man-hours in lost productivity, assuming the average Google user earns US$25 an hour.

During the two days that the Les Paul doodle was online, those 740 million visitors, according to analysis from RescueTime, spent 26 seconds more on the Google home page than normal: 740 million times 26 seconds is 5,344,444 hours - and over two days, that's almost 10.7 million man hours.

Have a play with the awesome Les Paul doodle here.