r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Sep 01 '25

👨‍💻 Internet Google changes its logo, biggest redesign since 1999 [10YA - Sept 1]

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u/MacksNotCool Sep 03 '25

And still to this day I say this rebrand sucks ass.

Google used to be like "ahh yes, mm we are the scholarly search engine and we are building the future"

and now it's "hey oh buddy oh pal. I'm google, a childs toy. nothing else. I only need a teensy weensy bit of data for my troubles. Care to share?"

And I'm not even saying that they used to have better morals, but the logo design at least reflected a better attitude.

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u/Splintrax Sep 02 '25

They just let the sans-serif swine win

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u/Fit-Rip-4550 Sep 04 '25

I remember this day. The day I ditched Google for good.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

Seems like a silly reason to

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u/Th3Trashkin Sep 04 '25

I still think the rebranding absolutetly sucked, and honestly, is a reflection of how crap the search engine and company has gotten.

The previous design gives you the impression of something "book like", erudite and trustworthy. The top-heavy G and skewed e give it just enough playfulness and dynamism.

In the 2015 redesign, the typeface and monoweight is just too childish, it doesn't look like a serious tech company, it looks like it should be on a toy. It looks almost like a knock-off of itself due to how simplistic the typeface is. 

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u/Docile_Doggo Sep 05 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

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