damn guys, some seriously nice work being done here, this is gonna be hard to pick....

here is some more logos

http://www.elfstudio.com/portfolio/rankhigh3.gif

i was gonna enter but this was same idea i had. lots of good ones entered so far, this one would be my pick so far.

more logos

http://www.elfstudio.com/portfolio/rankhigh4.gif

I have a request....
can you please post the logos as individual, usable logos. I'm actually testing each and every logo on my pages to see how they look. Without being able to test how it looks or if i'm seeing it with SAMPLE across the middle, your entry isn't being given the chance it deserves. Some amazing work guys, keep 'em coming!! I"m eagerly awaiting to see what you're gonna come up with y0nki and luka!!

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ehitch one do you think is the best?
Im going to split my logos so i only have one in each pic (and not several as i have now)

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ok, here's my entry.

as usual, vector format, looks good in any occasion, can be used anywhere.

and.. yes, i didn't follow the guidelines and insert the spider. it's "old school", too much used, we need something new. ranking high? what can show you ranking high than standing at the #1 position :)

ok, here's the logo:

http://www.gablu.biz/logo/rankhigh.jpg

that's it. comment it.

that rocks dude :Graucho

ok, well since everyone wants to know, machinegunkelly is in the lead with this entry atm. The entries have slowed down a bit and I'm getting ready to close this contest early. Please give me a shout if you're working on something right now and want me to wait before finalizing the winner. Let me say that several of you have done some terrific entries and some notable mentions from

skrog
tootie
several great entries from hoax
the viper
flashfreak
ideasign
marty
obberheimer
and snipah7
even voodoo's rakehigh was pretty darn good
if any of the people listed here are interested in designing some banners/buttons using the existing logos you made, please contact me on icq on monday so we can arrange something because I think you've done some truly amazing work and i'd hate for it to never get used.


For those of you interested in knowing why I like machinegunkelly's so much, there are many reasons why this is the top entry.
-The spider looks almost 3D, like it's coming to get you
-the rankhigh name has impact
-i like how you shortened the slogan
-Everyone that sees it has said WOW
-When I put it on my site, it makes my html look good
-It's memorable
-The shading/contrast/colors are excellent and fit my site

so i will give this contest a few more hours to give any stragglers a chance, please lmk if you can't get your entry in within this time frame.

the ones with the black and red spider are my favorites

excellent concept and this might have been my choice when i started rankhigh.com back in 1998. Back then I did aim for #1 to #3 positions....and got them. Even achieved them overnight in Infoseek. Unfortunately, the times have changed a bit and besides PPC, it's practically impossible to be #1 nowadays.

http://www.seriousconcepts.com/good/rank3.jpg

http://www.seriousconcepts.com/good/rank4.jpg

http://www.seriousconcepts.com/good/rank5.jpg

I'm not trying to offend you but I have to say it: you don't know what a logo is.
I don't say mines are the best (I think marty and lukpensa entries are very good) but you really should ask a guy who works in advertising how a logo should look like...

flashfreak, you definitely got the point. snowpimp, i'm not trying to offend or talk against your will at all, it's your choice, but think a bit: are you looking for a logo or illustration for one purpose only? creating a good logo is not a simple task in photoshop... take a look at all the best logos of the brands you know - can you use it on t-shirts, billboards, business cards, as icons? yes, you can. but can you do it with fancy, candy lollipop illustration? you pick one of those and try it.

you really should decide are you looking for a logo or a nice looking realistic spider that will look good as a header on your website and nothing else?

those are my few eurocents :2 cents:

I'm not offended. I am confident that this logo fits my site the best and accomplishes my objectives in every way. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

Just out of curiosity, which logo would you have picked?

Yep, that's it. I'm a SEO, the goal of this logo is to make my rankhigh site look good and nothing else. I am not looking to make business cards with it or t-shirts or even acquire a single client with my site. It's just a business front for the occasional type-in. I make money on affiliate programs, I just need something memorable if someone hits the site.

Here were my instructions:
"The logo needs a white background and should look good with my current site, the rest is pretty much up in the air"

ok, I will close this contest now. machinegunkelly please email me your paypal address so I can pay you. yan*at* rank high =dot= com

Congratulations on being the winner!

Congrats MachinegunKelly,

I love your entry, awesome work.
:thumbsup

Machinegunkelly's entry looks great! Congrads :thumbsup

Kudos to tootie, flashfreak, HOAX, ideasign and TheViper :thumbsup - great looking logos *in vector format too*

have fun :glugglug

That rocks. Id pick that one.

congratulations!

Danil,
www.ideasign.ru

shut up, u suck and his was better, stop making excuses about branding and bullshit like that unless u spend fulltime making your own fonts, your work looks all the same, his was better than yours, mine and everyone else who entered, everyone who says it wasnt sucks at designing because they cant break a certain style, so yes, u and flashfreak suck, learn new styles, and his was better. TRY AGAIN NEXT TIME.

ouch!

machinegunkelly has once again done a great job.

WTF it ended early???

I did´nt have time to fix my logos and to split them so i only had one logo in each picture

I should also have made some more logos. Please don´t end the conntest 3 days before the end date

oberheimer, yours were very good so i took the best ones and split them off myself so i could see what they looked like on my site but mgk's was still more what i was looking for.

good choice :thumbsup too bad i missed this one... :(

Glad you liked them, i hope i will do better next time there is a logo contest

Wow, we have a braindead expert speaking here.

Yes we have, i think flashfreak made one the top logos here. So his logos does not suck.

But the winner was good