It’s Halloween, and technology news is scarce. Logos redecorated in Halloween style abound, and perhaps it’s just me, but they mostly seem ugly as hell.
I mean, look at this. Google has had some really cute/cool logos in the past, but this one is downright fugly. OK, I get it, the letters are ghosts. However, only “L” actually resembles one; the others look like, well, poorly drawn letters (and moldy, in case of “G”). I admit that it takes creativity to personify each letter into something meaningful, but this is really a sad, sad attempt.
YouTube won’t win any awards with that genetically engineered pumpkin, too. It’s not even carved out, losers!
Yahoo actually has quite a cool logo. Pixel graphic style, cute and spooky, and there’s even an animated family of undeads and ghosts scuttling through the scenery every now and then. Well done, Yahoo: Google may be owning you in every other sphere of interest, but when it comes to cute logos, you’re the king!
I did not expect this, but Ask.com’s take on Halloween actually scared me. Well, not in the “I dropped off my chair” kind of way, but those pumpkins are huge, man! Kudos to Ask for taking the Halloween theme so seriously.
On the other hand, AOL is being too shy with a miniature pumpkin. Don’t want to scare those young visitors, huh?
Technorati’s take on Halloween is boring as expected: a plain, vanilla-style pumpkin replacing the “O”. It gets points for looking evil, though.
The result could have been worse, though; it could have been this:
Photoshop skills ftw.
Just for the record, all of the above at least get points for trying; MySpace and Facebook still look their boring selves, just like any other day. Yawn!
If you know of any other cool, funny or just plain awful Halloween logos, feel free to add more in the comments!
User comment: By: Obligatory Hallowe'en Post « The Mendicant Bug[...] websites are posting their kids in their Spiderman outfits or an array of really cool pumpkins or just changing their logos. Me? I stick to dogs. This lady brings a mastiff around school all the time and today she had [...]
User comment: By: AngelosMichael has my vote so far. Unfortunately, the Easter Bunny vacations in the Caribbean during the off-season...Laying 42 million eggs in several weeks is difficult for a rabbit and requires ample recovery time. Don't know if he is available for endorsements until after President's Day. Andy Angelos, Esq. High Profile Agent for Holiday Mascots
User comment: By: Dave KinsellaI threw one together for Biofind.com
User comment: By: Michael KlanacTroll Week: "Internet Giants Compete For The Ugliest Halloween Logo, Mashable Competes For the Ugliest Logo Period, Considering hiring Easter Bunny as full-time Mascot"
User comment: By: SmartDevelYes, we are very afraid, especially the first two!
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here's a quick excerptLogos redecorated in Halloween style abound, and perhaps it's just me, but they mostly seem ugly as hell. [...]
User comment: By: wadeYeah we did one too. And yeah, it's crappy. We decided to Forego the image and just carve our logo into a pumpkin and put that up. Oh well, good excuse to wield a knife for the sake of work :) http://outdoorzy.com
User comment: By: ThiloHave you checked LiveJournal.com they also tried it?
User comment: By: SabuBit of a sad bunch of logos this year, if you ask me. Google's logos are either hits or misses, I find... this year is definitely a bit of a miss. We reskinned our entire Facebook application, Up4, for Halloween, from the logo right through. I'd love to hear what you guys think. You can check it out here: apps.facebook.com/your-upfors/ Happy Halloween everyone!
User comment: By: Festive Ghouls at iconcertina blog[...] brands Google and Technorati: Visit mashable's collection of festive adaptations of logos here to view more logo [...]
User comment: By: The Internet Giants and their logos « Mr Roth's Blog[...] The Internet Giants and their logos 31 10 2007 It's Halloween and the big Internet companies won't miss the chance and try to scare their users. Here is an interesting post about this. Here you go [...]
User comment: By: ThiloI like this post, but it really surprised me that Google created such an ugly logo.
User comment: By: Paul BannisterCafeMom's logo is pretty sweet. So I'm biased. Happy Halloween!
User comment: By: Bitelia » Los logos se ponen el disfraz de Halloween[...] de su nombre en una calabaza y Technorati ha hecho lo propio. ¿Quieres ver cómo han quedado? En Mashable han hecho una recopilación de los principales sitios. Escrito a las 15:40 | Envia esta nota por [...]
User comment: By: Bitelia » Los logos se ponen el disfraz de Halloween[...] de su nombre en una calabaza y Technorati ha hecho lo propio. ¿Quieres ver cómo han quedado? En Mashable han hecho una recopilación de los principales sitios. Escrito a las 15:40 | Envia esta nota por [...]
User comment: By: Street AttackThe ask logo was impressive...to bad it's on ask. The square pumpkin is about as crapy as the content up on the site. MP wizard brings to mind what a five year old might make in paint. I have to say that I appreciate the Google logo for the van gogh esq quality...or does the winning logo have to be a cliche Halloween icon like you seem to perfer.
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