Observe how when the logo is compared to modern logos as found by searching for "logo" on Dribbble, the logo looks rather wonky and amateur.
Also looks awful as a favicon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wlM_uOhKH4&feature=youtu.be
Dribbble's logo has a poor silhouette, but a highly recognisable colour
Illustrations
Artist Robert Dejesus offers illustrations like below for $86USD, in 6 weeks
Character illustrations are highly memorable, potentially web performant as SVG, and highly resizable from tiny favicons to large banners
This very attractive illustration suggests 3 dimensions while being entirely 2D and lightweight
People remember me for being Asian Australian