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Revision as of 12:08, 13 October 2011
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
hello
1999–2010
This is arguably the most familiar logo to viewer. The fontface is Catcull 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.
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/logos 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:
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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.
