Google

Google is an internet search engine.

July 1998 – August 1998


This logo was used only for a month. Back then, the uppercase "g" was green.

August 1998 – May 1999


The uppercase "g" is now blue, the logo seems smaller, the shadow is repositioned, and an exclamation point (!) was added.

1999–2010


This is arguably the most familiar logo to viewer. The fontface is Catull BQ and the exclamation point was removed.

2010–Present


This logo is just like the previous logo, except for the second "o" is more orange and the shadows have been reduced. The previous logo is still used as a secondary logo.


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 * Brand New

White Logos
The white versions of the Google logo are used during times of great tragedy. These include the Polish aircraft disaster which killed President Lech Kaczyński, the Qinghai earthquake and the Gansu mudslide of China. It is also used when there is a background.

April 2010 – May 2010


Similar to the first offical logo, this logo lasted only a month.

May 2010 – Present


The white logo was updated in tadem with the main logo

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

Trivia

 * The word 'google' is based on the word 'googol' which is a very big number with one hundred zeros, implying the amount of search results.
 * When searching, sometimes the word is extended, so it says "Gooooooooooooogle" or so on.