I really like Niraj Sanghvi's one. It's an idea that can be easily turned into a working prototype :)

I don't know why Bilal's one made me think of Microsoft. Well there's something of that

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I am constantly blown away by the creativity and artistry that abounds. These designs are wonderful!

1st one's BAD ASS

How was the ballot poll drawn to see what was the best design ?? was there any criteria that was used ?

hehehe,...someone on digg names this bot "the searchinator!"

Great logos, especially Niraj Sanghvi's logo. I posted on this here (blog.ahfr.org/2008/02/great-po ...) but since back links are disabled: anyone want to write a Greasemonkey script to make that one a reality? :)

> How was the ballot poll drawn to see what
> was the best design ??

Tony and I synched ourselves to decide, and we also looked at the feedback posted in the comments of the thread. Like John's "evisibility Ding. Ding. Ding. We have a winner." :)

Hey, thanks for the mention! And it would be interesting to see it actually implemented...maybe I or someone else will give it a shot :)

Thank you for the idea of this contest and for mentioning my simple logo and always waiting more from you ...

Yhancik :: "I don't know why Bilal's one made me think of Microsoft"
because you didn't see this one ::
  

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Wahooo! we won!

Thanks for the great feedback.

#1 is cool for something else. Although it is beautiful it has too much of a negative connotation about it and is very unGoogle like. I really think Niraj Sanghvi's is the best in Googley spirit, minimal design and functionality, that is if the box in the middle is actually a search box

jojo,
I also liked his idea but there is no clear criteria in this selection ... i also understood that it is not about good design but good and funny ideas

but one other can also claim that it is about google logo and not google search logo ...

Actually I was hoping someone would combine the infinity and g symbols with a seach box