AOL has new logo

[guyver01]

I know this is a little old but couldnt find anything in search.

The company's new look ditches the odd-looking triangle that has long served as the brand symbol and replaces the letters AOL with 'Aol.' -- complete with a period."

 

[F1N3ST]

Wow, epic fail. Makes them an even WORSE company.

 

[lxskllr]

I like the new one better, but I'm not sure where I'd see it. Are they relevant at all anymore?

 

[rudeguy]

I kinda miss chat rooms

 

[jlee]

weird.

 

[guyver01]

Are they relevant at all anymore?

They're still quite the rage amongst Sexual Predators.

I think 90% of AOL's ... sorry... Aol.'s membership is former 'stars' from "To Catch A Predator" .. and the little girls & boys the victims pretend to be.

 

[lxskllr]

I just went to their site, and it looks like the same old garbage. I also take liking their new name back. It only looks good on a black background, and the period's stupid.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

How are they still in business?

 

[F1N3ST]

I know this is a little old but couldnt find anything in search.

The company's new look ditches the odd-looking triangle that has long served as the brand symbol and replaces the letters AOL with 'Aol.' -- complete with a period."

 

[Howard]

Aol. ~= lol.

 

[Agentbolt]

Jesus H Christ it's embarrassing watching this company. Having worked for them for well over a year, I'll always have a soft spot for them, but come ON guys. How about spending some of that time and energy making your website something OTHER than an unintelligible hot mess.

 

[ChaoZ]

I read it as Lol.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Oooooooooold news.

 

[Gillbot]

a/s/l?

 

[rh71]

don't know how they're still around, but a few friends still have aol.com email addresses.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Both my dad and uncle had AOL as their first internet experience. My dad's had cable for 4 years and my uncle for 2. And I can't for the life of me get them to cancel their fucking AOL service and just use a regular browser. They both have a real problem comprehending where their computer ends and where the internet starts so trying to explain that they'll still be able to check their E-mail without 300 MB of AOL bloatware is useless.

 

[PottedMeat]

Jesus H Christ it's embarrassing watching this company. Having worked for them for well over a year, I'll always have a soft spot for them, but come ON guys. How about spending some of that time and energy making your website something OTHER than an unintelligible hot mess.

what useful things come from aol nowadays? all I remember was pirated software chat rooms and aol instant messenger. I still use winamp. though it seems the only reason they bought that was to contaminate my desktop with aol icons during installs.

time warner should have liquidated that shit or sold it to juno or something.

 

[BladeVenom]

Their new logo could be an abbreviation for Asshole. Ahole shortened to Aol.

 

[SonicIce]

AOL LOL

 

[MotionMan]

Both my dad and uncle had AOL as their first internet experience. My dad's had cable for 4 years and my uncle for 2. And I can't for the life of me get them to cancel their fucking AOL service and just use a regular browser. They both have a real problem comprehending where their computer ends and where the internet starts so trying to explain that they'll still be able to check their E-mail without 300 MB of AOL bloatware is useless.

My parents and my uncle (all in their 70's) still use "Aol.".

I think my parents still use the "Aol." software.

For my uncle, when I switched him from PC to Mac, I was able to at least get him to use Mac Mail with his "Aol." e-mail address.

So that his head would not explode, I set the home page on Safari as aol.com. I know for a fact he does not go to any sites off of aol.com unless the link on that site sends him there. I honestly believe he still thinks he is using "Aol." software.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

don't know how they're still around, but a few friends still have aol.com email addresses.

Every once in a while I will get an e-mail from an opposing counsel from an aol.com address.

That is the first sign that they will not be much of an opponent (about 95% of the time it is a correct indicator).

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Aol_subscribers_Q201-Q407.png
AOL LOL

I have not looked it up, but it would seem to me that "Aol." probably it getting murdered by gmail. I remember creating "single use" aol e-mail accounts back in the day. Now I would do that with gmail.

Also, as I touched on above (no pun intended), aol.com addresses are for old people, pedophiles and idiots whereas gmail addresses are cool.

MotionMan

 

[AMCRambler]

I don't think AOL is a bad company, I just think they lost their competitive edge when broadband became the new standard. It's tough to sell a product that relies on your competitors infrastructure to run and is inferior in nearly every way to what they offer.

I don't think they'll be around too much longer. Once broadband makes it into the most remote areas, dial up will be defunct. The handful of people that are not internet savvy and as a result are still paying for email service, is dropping every week more than likely.

 

[SagaLore]

I like the new one better, but I'm not sure where I'd see it. Are they relevant at all anymore?

I like the original logo back when it looked like they were run by the Illuminati.

 

[MotionMan]

I don't think AOL is a bad company, I just think they lost their competitive edge when broadband became the new standard.

I think they lost their competitive edge when they delayed, for even a nanosecond, the ability to send e-mail into or out of their system.

Can you imagine that strategy meeting?:

"Why would anyone want to send an e-mail to someone not on aol?!? And do we want people not on aol communicating with our customers?!?"
*pause*
"Good point!!!"

MotionMan