More Webly-Graphical Silliness
Jun 12th, 2008 by Micah Tillman | Start the Discussion |
[cf. here, here, here, and here]
Consider the following:
First, the irony in the NRO/The Liberal Store advert is so thick, you could cut it with a knife
Second, why entice people to vote either Yes or No regarding Obama by offering them an Obama t-shirt? If they’re not going to vote for Obama, they won’t want a shirt advertising him, and therefore will be likely to not click on your advert!
I know the Huffington Post (the site from which I got the e-researchcouncil.com/Obama advert) is a progressive site, and therefore likely to attract readers who would want to vote for Obama. But why scare away even a small segment of your audience?
(Even a “Go Dems!” shirt would have been better, given the animosity between many Clinton supporters and Obama.)
And third, what is up with Google’s new favicon? It doesn’t immediately call to mind Google. It doesn’t even appear to be the same lower-case “g” that Google’s full name graphic uses, although this may be due to size/resolution issues.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the new favicon with the lower-case “g” from Google’s logo, shrunk to essentially the same size.
Here they are, “zoomed in”:
The new favicon appears to be more purple, for one thing . . . . But one has to assume different graphics programs will do resizing differently, and may produce different colors and whatnot.
And it’s got a kind of background to it that hurts the aesthetics more than it helps, IMO.
Anyway, somebody who knows more about branding might have to help me understand the thinking behind this one.
