I know I have you ranked #3 at the moment, but 7 of the 10 people I have asked for their opinion have ranked yours as #1, they call it "eye candy" and other amazing things. I am tempted to go with their opinion and choose yours but I am the one who has to look at the logo for many years :)
1) Could you make a version of #39 with the globe of #31?
2) A friend of mine suggested I go for a super simple and clean design similar to
http://www.bit.ly. Would you mind trying that for me?