The same report has revealed that Mayer's pushing to improve the consumer experience in its Homepage, Mail and Flickr offerings (amongst others) at the expense of advertising -- a move that'll win her plenty of fans used to the minimalist Google homepage.

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This birthday party is available for every person in the world to view on the official Google homepage in the form of a Google doodle, one of the little embellishments to the Google logo that the creative team draws up on a regular basis to illustrate the otherwise sparse website.

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Neither Google's homepage nor corporate site links to the IPO site.

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First, the facts: Google surprised the world today with a highly interactive homepage that uses cutting edge web technologies to scatter and gather bouncing balls based on user mouse input.

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Soon Google users would see a spinning cartoon spiral on our homepage inviting them to try MentalPlex.

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In its own contribution, the Google web search engine is putting a dark background on its homepage.

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Today, a Google spokesperson provided The Next Web with a statement indicating that the company intends to remove the redirect that it has in place for Windows Phone users who attempt to access the Google Maps product, ending its practice of sending them to its search homepage.

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Last year it launched a search-bar discussion forum website in Vietnam, after testing the waters with a directory (homepage with links), and seems to be picking up traffic, though Google remains the top choice there.

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