My first reaction is I don't like it. It looks dated. The bevel looks like Word Art or something I would have thought was cool when I first started playing aro

My first reaction is I don't like it. It looks dated. The bevel looks like Word Art or something I would have thought was cool when I first started playing around with Photoshop. Its too complex. I was expecting them to embrace the current trend of flatness, and simplicity is a timeless aesthetic. The cutaways from the tops of the lines add to the complexity along with the many different angles, letter heights, and "O" bowl-size. It is similar to the Google logo with the bevel, rather than say Apple or Microsoft. Considering Marissa's work on the Google homepage, the familiarity with the Google logo might have made her more confident in this variation. Losing that distinctive "Y" I prefer the old logo. I can see it growing on me though. I would remove the bevel and the caps on the "YAH" letters. If it were me I probably would have tweaked the original logo and made the font look more mature and symmetrical.