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Yahoo Gets A New Logo

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Re: Yahoo Gets A New Logo

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Post by clarkm »

The 'oo' does seem to look quite a bit like an infinity symbol. And if I had to guess, I'd say it's intentional.

However, it's not as obvious what branding message it's supposed to convey. Unfortunately, my first thought was something like: "Don't count us out, we'll be around forever!" Which probably isn't a good message. Other visual effects, e.g. the negative space in the FedEx logo, are more obvious.

Then again, maybe no one noticed it. Or maybe it's just a sideways 8.

Re: Yahoo Gets A New Logo

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Post by pallandt »

gojomo wrote: post #16
pallandt wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I hope they nuke this one off their potential future logo replacements, because it's honestly terrible. It barely has any personality.

Of course they'll start weak to avoid raising expectations and make the ultimate reveal look better. I think I've found a leak of the final winner: http://createfunnylogo.com/logo/google/Yahoo!.jpg

Damn, I fell for that :) Thanks for the laugh, I guess I should've paid more attention to the hostname.

Re: Yahoo Gets A New Logo

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Post by jmduke »

jpalioto wrote: post #13
herbig wrote: post #11

Wow. I honestly have not been to yahoo.com in years and there is still so much going on on that page that I almost had a panic attack.

It's so busy, I have no clue what I'm supposed to be looking at. Things are popping up as I move the mouse, there's a video playing, there are tabs in the middle, down the left, on top, weather, stock quotes. Forget the logo, fix the site!

I think the implication here that Yahoo doesn't put a lot of thought into their landing page is disingenuous.

Keep in mind that the majority of Yahoo's consumers are people who have Yahoo as their home page.

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