Halloween 2009 - Web Site Banner Decorating Round Up!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!

Being a web presence and constantly poking around on this wide-wide-world-o' webs, I started something last year that I hope will continue to be a tradition here at Halloween Addict and that is checking out the digital Halloween decorating that various websites do on October 31st.
Less talky and more looky, here's what's out there:

AOL went with a simple "spooky night" logo this year.  A bit too simple if you ask me.  If I didn't know what day it was I might guess "Christmas Eve over a graveyard."
And no animation this year?
Grade:  C-

Compared to last year, which you can see HERE Google really reeled it in in 2009.
The simplicity works though, conveying the spirit of the season with ghostly translucent letters and a cellophane-wrapped jack o' lantern candy making up the "e."  Simple yet effective... just like Google.
Grade: A

Yahoo seems to have scaled back the same logo they used last year.  Still a haunted house in the foggy full moon night... still a couple jack o' lanterns with the same carved faces... but gone are the dancing zombies.  Well I still appreciate the effort, but due to the scale back your grade also gets scaled back, Yahoo.
Grade:  B-

YouTube goes with a similar color scheme to AOL this year.  What is it with the blue, white and black scheme?  No orange?
Pretty simple stuff here.   Bats and a full moon.  Not quite as phoned-in as last year, but still no real work being put in here. 
Same grade as AOL this year:  C-

Newcomer Bing put some effort into their first entry.  A simple photorealistic bat hangs upside down by the black background search box.  
Grade:  B

But the gold star this year goes to AskJeeves.com.  They've made their front page a huge Halloween-themed logo.  In a clear homage to The Shining, it features a long hotel hallway with a pair of twin girls at the end of it. 
But the Halloween twist? 
The girls are holding jack o' lantern candy pails.
Brilliant. 
AskJeeves took the crown last year too, and they are still on top.
Great job, AskJeeves.com.
Grade:  A+

Honorable mention:  Although Hulu didn't do anything to their logo, they did create a Huluween webpage and logo complete with glowing eyed bats.  Nice job, good effort Hulu... buuuuuuut that wasn't the assignment. 
Grade:  B

Although Weather.com put in a half-assed clip art banner last year, at least they handed something in for the homework.  Not so, this year.  What happened Weather.com?  'Dog eat your logo?
Grade:  F

MSN at least adorned their logo with a smiling jack last year.  This year?  Nothing. 
Grade:  F

That's the biggies.  To compare with last year, read about it HERE. 
Happy Halloween!