How Google's logo evolved over the years

Do you know what Google was called before it got its actual name?

The 17-year-old tech giant, earlier this week changed its logo text to a soft sans-serif, claiming that it is to suit mobile devices as majority of web browsing is now being done from phones and other mobile devices.



Believe it or not, when Google was initially launched in 1996, it didn't go by that name, instead it was known as 'BackRub'.

Here is how Google's logo has evolved over the years:

1996:

The initial name for Google was 'BackRub' and the logo was a scanned image of Larry Page, Google's co-founder's hand



1997: 

The initial logo for the giant company 



1998:

The first ever logo for Google which was used from September to October 1998



1998-1999:

The logo from October 1998 to May 30, 1999 had an exclamation mark along with an increased shadow. The colour of G which was initially green, also changed to blue and though the colour sequence is still used today, different hues are used.



1999-2010:

The logo was changed to the Catull typeface on May 31, 1999 and remained the same till May 5, 2010



2010-2013:

Though much of the style remained the same, this logo was used from May 6, 2010 till September 18, 2013 with a reduced distance of the projected shadow. The second 'o' was also changed to a different shade of yellow.



2013-2015:

The letters were flattened and shadows were removed for the logo which was used from September 19, 2013 till September 1, 2015



 

And we present to you the current logo: 

The much talked about logo was unveiled on September 1