The official Google Blog has announced that the innovative search giant is eight years old this week.

Webmaster Dennis Hwang writes : “This week we celebrate Google’s 8th birthday, and I hope you like the commemorative logo that appears on today’s homepage:

There’s also a link to other commemorative logos designed for specific occasions. I particularly like this one of Sherlock Holmes :

Check them all out. As usual from Google they’re very inventive.