July 4th, 2009 | by Pete Cashmore2 Comments

It’s Independence Day weekend, and as people all across the US enjoy barbecues and fireworks, the top web companies are marking the occasion in their own ways: through custom logos and themes.

While Google () frequently changes its logo to mark specific events – both in the US and internationally – the Independence Day celebration was also marked by custom logos from web goliaths AOL and Yahoo (). MSN changed its entire header to include the Stars and Stripes plus a fireworks display, while Ask.com was in the rare position of being able to customize its entire site design; a piece of July 4th artwork was chosen.

Other sites getting in on the custom logo trend were gaming site iWon and the social network for moms, CafeMom.

Google, Yahoo and AOL

iWon and CafeMom

Ask.com