Google

1997–1998 (prelaunch)
This logo was used during the developing stage at Stanford University.

1998
This logo was used only for a month. Back then, the "G" was green.

1998-1999
The "G" is now blue, the logo seems smaller, the shadow is repositioned, and an exclamation point (!) was added, possibly to mimick the Yahoo! logo.

1999–present
Launched May 1999, this is arguably the most familiar and popular logo among the Internet. The fontface is Catull BQ and the exclamation point was removed. On very old/outdated browsers (such as IE5 and older), this logo is still used instead of the newer one below.

2010–present
Launched May 6, 2010, this logo is just like the previous logo, except for the colours are brighter and the shadows have been reduced. The previous logo is still used as a secondary logo. This logo first appeared on a beta testing of the new look on November 2009 before it fully premiered.

White logo
A white versions of the Google logo are used during times of great tragedy.

Special logos

 * Please help by adding the logos on google.com/doodles to the special logo pages.

On various days throughout the year Google change from their default logo to a stylised one with significance to the date. To see the special logos through the years, see the following pages:


 * 1998
 * 1999
 * 2000
 * 2001
 * 2002
 * 2003
 * 2004
 * 2005


 * 2006
 * 2007
 * 2008
 * 2009
 * 2010
 * 2011
 * 2012
 * 2013

1999–2008
This icon is still used on Google AdWords even though it is not in use anymore.

2009–2012
This icon still appears on the YouTube help page though it is not in use anymore.